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Careers with a Bachelor's in Cybersecurity
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Average Pay: ~$95,000/year
Outlook: 30%+ growth over the next decade.
Day-to-Day: Monitor networks, investigate alerts, implement policies, run scans, prepare reports.
Industries: Finance, Healthcare, Government, Tech.
Average Pay: ~$70,000/year
Outlook: High demand as organizations expand SOC teams.
Day-to-Day: Review logs, respond to incidents, escalate threats, maintain situational awareness.
Industries: Military, Consulting, Tech, Energy.
Average Pay: ~$85,000/year
Outlook: Growing as companies invest in proactive testing.
Day-to-Day: Simulated attacks, exploit vulns, document findings, recommend fixes.
Industries: Consulting, Tech, Defense, Finance.
Average Pay: ~$80,000/year
Outlook: Increasing with cybercrime investigations.
Day-to-Day: Analyze devices, recover data, trace evidence, prepare legal reports.
Industries: Law Enforcement, Military, Government, Consulting.
Average Pay: ~$120K–$155K/year
Outlook: Strong demand as cloud adoption accelerates.
Day-to-Day: Secure architectures, IAM controls, monitor misconfigurations, ensure compliance.
Industries: Tech, Finance, Healthcare, Consulting.
Average Pay: ~$75,000/year
Outlook: Steady demand for proactive defense.
Day-to-Day: Automated scans, manual validation, prioritize risks, track remediation.
Industries: Tech, Finance, Government, Energy.
Internship Course Information
CYBR 485 Cybersecurity Practice is the 6‑credit internship course generally taken in the last semester upon graduation. To be qualified for CYBR 485, you must have completed most upper‑level courses in the major.
Students are expected to look for internship positions by themselves. SUNY Canton partners with several local organizations, but most positions require site presence in the North Country area.
The intern needs to secure an internship offer at least one month before the internship semester starts to get final approval from the CYBR 485 instructor. The internship must also be at a level applying upper‑level Cybersecurity course knowledge. When you get an internship offer, you need to send Prof. Minhua Wang at wang@canton.edu a copy of your offer letter to check if it is a qualified internship.
CYBR 485 requires a minimum of 240 hours working directly for the internship site. The course is entirely online, requiring biweekly report submissions to document intern hours and journals. By the end of the course, cumulative written report submission and an online oral presentation are also required. Your internship application process is not being evaluated by the course.