La Salle University
Why Study Cybersecurity at La Salle?
The master’s in Cybersecurity program provides students with the latest strategies to reduce vulnerabilities, manage cyberattacks, and master digital forensics. You can tailor your studies with courses that align with your career path in cybersecurity.
Our Cybersecurity program was ranked one of the top 20 online programs by Fortune in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. La Salle Technology programs are ranked 71st by U.S. News nationally in 2026. Not sure whether your background fits? Email Dr. Yang Wang, the program director, at wang@lasalle.edu to talk through your goals before you apply.
Highlighted Courses
CYB 604: The Computer and Internet Fraud
Computers have made organizations easier to run. All accounting information, inventory records, customer data, and intellectual property that an organization possesses is contained somewhere in an electronic file. As such, these electronic files are vulnerable to attacks from both employees and outsiders from around the world. This course will provide the student with an understanding of how computer fraud and manipulation is accomplished and what security measures should be instituted to prevent it.
CYB 628: Cybercrime, Cyber Warfare and Cyber Espionage
This course introduces students to the differences between cybercrime, cyber espionage, and cyber warfare by discussing the relationship of cyber intrusions and cybersecurity to nations, businesses, society, and people. Students will use case studies to analyze the threats, vulnerabilities and risks present in these environments and develop strategies to reduce the breaches and mitigate the damages.
CYB 644: Information Security
This course explores all aspects of computing and communications security, including policy, authentication, authorization, administration, and business resumption planning. It examines key security technologies, such as encryption, firewalls, public-key infrastructures, smart cards, and related technologies that support the development of an overall security architecture. Coursework includes plans for developing and implementing a technology security strategy focused on business needs.
Meet the Faculty
Dr. Yang Wang is a Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computer Information Science at La Salle University. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia State University in 2012, where he received the Ph.D. Dissertation Grant Award. He taught as an instructor at Georgia State University between 2008 and 2012, and he was recognized by the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Before joining La Salle, he held several industry positions, including senior engineering roles (in networking and Cloud) at Futurewei Technologies and Internap. Dr. Wang has authored about 60 peer-reviewed publications in areas including optical networking, network virtualization, cybersecurity, and pedagogy. His recent scholarly work focuses on generative AI in education and security, as well as AI-driven research on network optimization. He has secured many external/internal grants to support his teaching and research, including internal REU grants for undergraduate research, a CDRD grant for community-based research to develop a gamified/AI-infused youth mental health learning platform, and a recent STEM Education Grant from Triumph Foundation. He actively serves on technical committees for IEEE and ACM conferences, and he was recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer by the IEEE Communications Society in both 2014 and 2017. Dr. Wang also served as an NSF panelist, and he is an Associate Editor of Decision Analytics Journal and Editorial Board Member for Journal of Telecommunication and Information Technologies.
