ECCU offers a Bachelor of Science In Cyber Security(BSCS), the Master of Science In Cyber Security (MSCS), and five graduate certificates each consisting of three courses from the MSCS curriculum. Developed from a learning model based on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Thinking, the program’s educational objectives identify what students should learn, understand, and be able to do as a result of their studies with ECCU (Maki, 2004). The program objectives are:

• Application of technical strategies, tools and techniques to secure data and information for a customer or client.
• Adherence to a high standard of ethical behavior.
• Use of research in both established venues and innovative applications to expand the body of knowledge in information assurance
• Application of principles of critical thinking to creatively and systematically solve problems and meet challenges of the ever evolving environments of cyber security.
• Mastery of the skills necessary to move into leadership roles in companies, agencies, divisions, or departments.
  • Building an appropriate and executable business case for a cybersecurity strategy.
  • Developing the ability to understand the state of cybersecurity nationally and globally.
  • Ensuring that a proper cybersecurity strategy is in place and executable within a complex organisation.
  • Ability to take informed cyber security risk decisions.
  • To not only be limited to comprehend the fundamental technical and non-technical aspects of cybersecurity but to also cover the legal, regulatory and compliance cybersecurity aspects.
  • Ability to create a crisis management plan thats executable.

Council University is accredited by Distance Education Accrediting Commission.

DEAC is a private, non-profit organization that operates as a national accreditor of distance education institutions. Accreditation by DEAC covers all distance education activities within an institution and it provides a single source of nationally recognized accreditation. DEAC is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency as well as a acknowledged member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).