Information Security M.B.A.'s Teach Business Side of Cybersecurity

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http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/2012/02/21/information-security-mbas-teach-business-side-of-cybersecurity

By Kelsey Sheehy
U.S. News & World Report
February 21, 2012

Convenience and credibility are what sold Henry Bromley III on James 
Madison University's M.B.A. program.

The Virginia-based mechanical engineer, husband, and father needed a 
reputable business school close to home that allowed him to balance 
work, family, and grad school. The program's emphasis on information 
security was little more than an interesting afterthought.

"I went in merely for the M.B.A.," Bromley says. "I wasn't so interested 
in information security … little did I know it would really boost my 
career."

Bromley landed a position with Booz Allen Hamilton, a government 
consulting firm, before finishing his Information Security M.B.A. in 
2008. Now a senior information security engineer consulting for defense 
industry clients, Bromley's work is all cybersecurity, all the time, he 
says.

"This is the real deal. The kind of nuts and bolts on how we can protect 
our information," and what that information is worth, Bromley says. "I 
feel like I've stepped into the forefront of it."

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