Exciting news! An MS Cybersecurity degree from the Computer Science and Engineering at TAMU is coming out in Fall 2026 (recently approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board). This will be a great enabler for our students, the state of Texas and the nation as whole.
This is the third MS Cybersecurity degree program that Dr. Saxena has helped architect and launch (working together with the department leadership and other cybersecurity faculty). Starting from the MS Cybersecurity at NYU Tandon (launched 2009; co-directed until 2011) and followed by the MS Cybersecurity at UAB (launched 2013; co-directed until 2021). Both programs have been very successful for years. The UAB’s program, ranked as the top graduate program in cybersecurity by Fortune in 2021, was/is also the cornerstone of the NSF-funded SFS CyberCorps program that Dr. Saxena designed and led (from 2017 to 2021).
The SPIES lab led by Dr. Saxena takes immense pride in this continuous journey to innovate in education and incessantly serve students in an area of national importance.