By: Griffin Ginn

My major (being cybersecurity) has everything to do with cyber tech. Cybersecurity refers to how certain key objects and information are protected. Cybersecurity can be both electronic and physical. Physical cybersecurity has to do with the protection of buildings, assets, materials, property, employees, etc. This would be cameras on the outside of a building, requiring badges or identification to enter in or out of specific buildings, security forces, the outer rim of fences or gates around a said property line or location, etc. Business Administration, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Big Data Analytics, Modeling, and Simulation Engineering are four majors that intertwine with cyber tech, that ODU offers. Anything business admin will usually have its own IT department to fix cyber problems that arise within a specific organization. Business Admin can be associated with cyber technology as there will be a need for protection for sites as well as different levels of encryption throughout the websites. Big Data Analytics is used for discovering new information from the research of said data. With big data comes risk-analysis, statistical models, and even algorithms that also help with predictions. Historical documents and predictions also help with understanding current and future cyber threats. Big data opened up new options for cybersecurity professionals with higher forms of protection that reduce threat levels and ultimately prevent future attacks. Entrepreneurs are always looking for ways to minimize risk while preventing hackers from accessing their information. As threats begin to change and evolve big data also changes and evolves acting as a countermeasure. Modeling and simulation serve alongside Big Data Analytics with a similar purpose. With Modeling and Simulation, there are constant experiments, hypotheses, and data being analyzed and researched to gain a conclusion. This is where companies then use the results from said data to better plan and mitigate risk.