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The idea of a "computer security undergrad degree" is pretty silly; I'd expect it of a 2-year for-profit school like DeVry or maybe University of Phoenix, not a real 4-year school.

It's great to have some courses in various parts of computer security, but being a good developer is a better entre into appsec, and being a good CSE and thus going into networking (ideally, through a combination of vendor training and hands-on; it's more an ops thing than a pure architecture thing) is a better way into netsec. EE for hardware security. etc.

I don't actually know of any non-crappy schools with a "security degree".



I was wondering what a 'degree in computer networking' consisted off. Entry level Cisco and Microsoft certs and then sending you on your way?




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