Professional Science Masters Degree in Cyber Security
Graduate Cybersecurity Internships (CSF 590)
As part of the internship process, students will develop an internship proposal with a set of objectives and a statement of work acceptable to the student, the industrial sponsor, and the university faculty advisor. Students may seek to obtain or foster cybersecurity internships with any organization, including their current employer.
Internship Proposal Requirements and Description
Using the project description as a basis, the student will develop a set of objectives and a statement of work acceptable to the student, the business sponsor, and the university faculty advisor. The proposal will serve as the standard agreement between the parties. A project proposal must be completed and approved before a student can register for CSF 590.
Proposal Requirements and Description
- Sponsoring Organization
- Project Description
- Statement of Work
- Schedule
- Skills Required
- Skills to be Learned
Possible Projects:
- Developing cybersecurity and information assurance policies for employees
- Security audits of devices and systems in the company
- Incident Response to cyber attacks
- Firewall configuration or monitor
- Equipment procurement (with respect to security aspects)
- Software Development (secure coding practices)
- Digital Forensics Investigations
- Litigation support of digital evidence
- Monitoring IDS/IPS systems
- Physical Security and IT Assets
- IT Support and Business Analysis
- Malware mitigation and analysis
Department Contact: Michael Conti – michaelconti@uri.edu