Cyber security is becoming a major that can be studied by a criminal justice major as the two somewhat go hand in hand. Criminal justice plays a role in helping cyber security programs seek designation as a Center or Academic Excellence from the NSA. They vary across designations such as cyber defense, information assurance, cyber operations, or research. The program must provide a syllabus and show how the criteria is addressed in the program. Criminal justice can play a major role also when combined with cyber security and STEM programs due to the designations include different levels of law and policy which can fit certain criteria. With the help of designations, different scholarships can be awarded to the institution and faculty from being eligible for additional cybersecurity grants. On top of that, the designation will make the program itself more sought after by cybersecurity students versus institutions without a designation. As of now, criminal justice is starting to integrate cybersecurity into its programs due to the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals. As the world is rapidly moving toward more technological advances, the need for these professionals is starting to skyrocket. Few cybersecurity courses are offered to students in the criminal justice field at the graduate and undergraduate level. This because it’s such a new subject and very few understand what exactly the major consists of. They are not appealing to the program administrators as the label of cybersecurity and cybercrime imply different focuses that social scientists may want to avoid. In today’s times cyber-crimes do get wrapped into the criminal justice world because modern crimes can be committed online such as fraud, cyber bullying, and planned crimes such as the storming of the Capitol building. The problem with cyber crimes is that they are harder to track versus other crimes that are physically carried out.