Vision

To be an outstanding department of Information security, recognized by its innovative and high-quality education and research.

Mission

To provide a high quality educational and research environment in information security that enables graduates to meet industrial and market demands.  

Objectives

• Provide students with the basic knowledge that enables them to work in various fields of information security.
• Qualify graduates that contribute in solving society problems related to information security and networks.
• Develop creative and self-learning skills that keep students up-to-date with information security advancements.
• Provide students with communication skills that enable them to work individually and/or within teams.
• Encourage student to adhere to legal, regulations, ethical and social values in their professional practices.
• Encourage a stimulating academic environment for high quality research and development.
• Improve and develop program and courses specifications to meet market demands.

Speech by the Head of the Cybersecurity Department: Cybersecurity Department is one of the most important departments in the College of Engineering and Information Technology and the university in general. As everyone knows, modern technology cannot be dispensed with and has become relied upon in all fields, as it has become one of the priorities of institutions and governments to shift to the digital world. With the massive and accelerating development of our time and the entry of the digital world into most areas of our lives, the need has become urgent to study this specialty and it has become  thedemand for students of this specialty has increased greatly locally, regionally and internationally. From this standpoint, the role of Cybersecurity Department at the  Emirates International University has come, as the department works through the Cybersecurity Program to provide the information technology sector with highly qualified national specialists in the field of cybersecurity through a distinguished academic staff. High-quality study courses that keep pace with the continuous development in the technology sector enable graduates of this program to deal with the increasing threats of electronic attacks on governments and companies, and to find innovative solutions to current and future security problems. Among the skills that graduates of this program will possess are: detecting, preventing and fixing any security and technical problem that may lead to tampering or hacking important information stored in network, media and digital systems, building a strong base to protect network security and the security of applications and software and everything related to protecting digital information, designing computer systems for institutions. Companies have a strong defense system using the latest and most powerful tools and programming languages that meet the needs of the labor market in a way that combines innovation and creativity.