Our graduates apply the knowledge and skills learned while earning their master's degrees. As a result, many have obtained promotions and moved into high-level security positions.

• Director of National Cyber Security Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
• Director of Information Security Technology, U.S. Senate 
• Chief Information Officer, U.S. House of Representatives  Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Homeland Security 
• Systems Engineer Staff, Lockheed Martin
• Information Security Specialist, Rockwell Automation 
• Security Engineer, Red River Networks 
• Vice President and CIO, Zel Technologies 
• Chief, DOD Computer Emergency Response Team  Director of Security Technologies, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems  
• Instructor for Computer Science, US Air Force Academy 
• IT Senior Manager, Capital One 
• Manager of IT Operations/Connectivity, CommScope 
• Associates, Booz Allen Hamilton 
• Director, Information Security, CGI Group,Inc 
• President and CEO, TWM Associates, Inc. 
• COO, Prevailance Inc. 
• CEO, Prevailance Inc. 
• Senior Manager, Symantec Corporation 
• Information Systems Security Engineer, Raytheon Network Centric Systems
• Manager, Cyber Security, Nuclear Energy Institute 
• Manager, Information Security Compliance, The University of Kansas   
• Director for Communication Infrastructure Protection, The White House
• Deputy Director, Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International
• Vice President, National Security Policy, Verizon Communications
• CEO, NACON Consulting LLC
• Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Three JMU graduates have established the Cyber Conflict Studies Association. Members include employees and staff from the White House, DHS, DoD, NSA, CIA, DIA, and academia and private industry.