CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN INFORMATION SECURITY & PRIVACY (CRISP)
The Center for Research in Information Security and Privacy (CRISP) is a focal point for research in cybersecurity and privacy conducted in various departments at Georgia State University.
The center is dedicated to research that seeks to understand and help shape the complex development, use and social effects of emerging cybersecurity technologies and policies. CRISP generates research ideas, programmatic outcomes and a pipeline of top-notch researchers. Through dynamic connections with academia, industry and government, the center promotes world-leading, multidisciplinary research across computer information systems, criminology, computer science, psychology, communication and law.
NSF CYBERCORPS ® SCHOLARSHIP
FOR SERVICE (SFS)
Georgia State University is a proud participant in the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program.
Scholarship Benefits
- The scholarship provides up to three years of tuition, stipend and funds for books, travel and professional development.
- Stipend: $37,000 per academic year for graduate students and $ 27,0000 for undergraduate students.
- Professional development and book allowance of $6,000 per academic year.
- Tuition and education-related fees (excluding meal plans, housing and parking).
- Independent study and research experiences with faculty members.
- Placement support for summer internships and post-graduation position through a virtual Career Fair, an in-person Career
- Fair (held in the Washington DC area) and GSU career services.
- Up to three years of support for cybersecurity education.
- Summer internships, typically paid, with a government organization.
Master of Science in
Information Systems Program
Concentration in Cybersecurity
The Master of Science in Information Systems with a concentration in cybersecurity is usually offered as a cohort program and provides students with the knowledge needed for careers in the areas of security, privacy and assurance of information, and information systems.
This program concentration earned GSU a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research and Education designation from the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security.