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Select four other majors offered by ODU and explain how those majors relate to cybersecurity.

Four other majors offered by Old Dominion University that relate to cybersecurity are computer programming, computer science, computer engineering, and database management. Computer programming is the process of performing a particular computation, usually by designing or building an executable program. To be able to program it involves tasks such as analysis, generating algorithms, profiling algorithms’ accuracy and resource consumption, and the implementation of algorithms. Computer programming relates to cybersecurity because to generate a successful algorithm you have to make sure that it is secure and to do that it takes cybersecurity. Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. The goal of computer science is to span theoretical disciplines to practical disciplines. Computer science relates to cybersecurity because cybersecurity is a sublet of computer science that involves protecting networks, systems, and programs from digital hacks. In order to successfully complete cybersecurity, cyber specialists rely on their deep understanding of computers and networks. Computer engineering is a branch of electrical engineering that involves several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. The development of software in computer engineering is what is learned in computer science. Since computer science is connected to the software aspect of computer engineering, that automatically includes cybersecurity to help build softwares that can protect against malware and hackers. Database management majors are focused on information technology, information security, organization of data, and metadata management. The point of database management is to learn to use relational databases and software management systems and perform data analysis. To be successful in the database management field, it requires some knowledge of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity becomes related to database management because when it comes to information security on a database, you need to know the proper ways to have top notch security which comes from cybersecurity. 

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