Doctor of Business Administration in Cybersecurity Management

Executive Format

60 credits | 3 year | Part-time

Presented to UC Regents’ University Affairs Committee | 03/09/2020

Program Description

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To develop scholar-practitioners skilled in practice-focused cybersecurity research.

Aim: Improve cybersecurity practice

“Engaged scholarship” model

DBA (Executive) vs Traditional PhD

Subject Doctoral Degree (Executive

format)

Traditional PhD

Candidate Profile

Senior Executives Students with limited work experience

Work full-time Enroll as full-time students

Seek to address problems or issues in business

Seek to position themselves for careers in academia

Structure Multiple residencies per semester Full-time student

Curriculum Interdisciplinary with a focus on general management

Specialized studies, generally within a single, specific discipline

Source: Executive DBA Council

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Why any interest?

Career differentiation

Advancement into leadership positions

Migrate to lucrative industry (finance, healthcare)

Pursue research career in industry or government

Among CISOs, about 40% have a master’s degree and 4% have a doctorate degree.

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Cohort based

20 students per cohort

Total Student Engagement:

52 hours/per semester

Blended Learning

Face-to-face lectures

Online learning

Discussions

Online Engagement:

16 hours/per semester

Limited Residencies

3 meetings/semester

Each Meeting:

- 8 hours Lecture

- 4 hours Faculty Contact

In-person Engagement:

36 hours/per semester

Program Format

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DBA-Cyber Curriculum Structure (60 credits)

Course Name Existing Course

(College/Program)

New Course

(College/Program)

Cybersecurity Foundations (9 credits)

CYSM 6100 Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Technologies COB (MBA-Cyber)

CYSM 6200 Enterprise Information Security COB (MBA-Cyber)

CYSM 6300 Cybersecurity Governance COB (MBA-Cyber)

Business Knowledge (12 credits; Choose four)

MGMT 6200 Managing Organizational Development, Change and Transformation COB (MBA)

Organizational Theory and Research: Implications for Cybersecurity (Doctoral) COB (MGMT)

Digital Strategy and Innovation (Doctoral) COB (MKTG)

Strategic Management (Doctoral) COB (STRT)

LEAD 8300 Leadership Excellence in Complex Organizations (Doctoral) COE

Research Methods (9 credits)

LEAD 7100 Intermediate Quantitative Research and Statistics COE

LEAD 7150 Intermediate Qualitative Research COE

LEAD 8100 Advanced Quantitative Research and Statistics COE

Cybersecurity Research (12 credits)

Principles of Scientific Inquiry COB (CYSM)

Research Seminar in Information Security Management COB (CYSM)

Research Seminar in Information Privacy COB (CYSM)

Research Project COB (CYSM)

Dissertation (18 credits)

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Resources

No tenure lines initially

Sustain the program with funds through tuition

COB will provide startup funds ($50k)

Use existing Classroom, Lab & Infrastructure

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Estimated Revenues for Cohort of 20

Headcount Tuition

(3 credits)

Total

Tuition

Estimated Revenues

Estimated Expenditures

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Resident 6 8 10 $2488 $49,760 $497,600 $403,613

Non-resident 4 7 10 $4192 $83,840 $838,400 $403,613

Total 10 15 20 $1,336,000 $807,226

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