Prepare to design security architecture, lead threat defense and respond to incidents in systems that cannot stop.
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Every organization that moved its operations online inherited a perimeter it had never had to think about, and most made that move faster than they could build a team to protect it. Security is one of the few disciplines where the shortage is structural rather than cyclical: the surface to defend grows with every system added, while the expertise to cover it takes years to build.
Much of security work is reactive: closing the ticket, patching the flaw, restoring the system. This program adds the view from above: how attacks are built and analyzed, how secure software is developed, and how a security strategy is planned and implemented across networks, cloud and AI systems. That is the difference between defending a system and deciding how an organization should be defended.
Few fields depend on trust as much as security: organizations give their security teams access to everything they own. Before granting that access, they look for verifiable proof of expertise. An American master’s degree, with letter grades and a full transcript, is that proof, and it reads the same in every country where you might work.
Security architect, security operations lead, incident response manager, and governance, risk, and compliance lead.
AGTU (American Global Tech University) is licensed by the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education, and accredited by ASIC in the United Kingdom. Your completion documents read the same whether you studied from Lima or from Lagos.
A through F, not pass/fail. This matters if you plan to pursue a doctorate or claim tuition reimbursement from your employer: several online universities issue only pass/fail grades, and that can quietly close both doors.
A full competency of two subjects, with a tutor assigned to you and a certificate of hours at the end. The $48 enrollment fee is waived. And when you continue, those hours count as up to six credits toward your program, so your work carries forward instead of starting over.
Start any day, with no intake dates. Finish in about 6, 9, or 12 months for the same total price, paid as a first payment plus 18 monthly payments. Students in more than 21 countries are already enrolled.
The Free Competency Program gives you the first two courses of the degree at no cost, with a tutor and a certificate you keep. If you continue, they count toward your degree and the $48 enrollment fee is waived.
Every course in the Master in Cybersecurity is designed and taught by the professors below: experienced professionals, most with a PhD in their field, working to the academic standards set by our Provost.
Most free trials give you a sample video and a countdown timer. AGTU (American Global Tech University) gives you an entire competency, two full subjects, delivered exactly the way our degree students receive it. You enroll as a continuing-education student at AGTU (American Global Tech University).
The free competency costs nothing, in every sense. And when you decide to continue, the full cost of the program is published up front: the full price and your price, with your country’s scholarship already applied.
The same faculty members teach in every country, whatever you pay.
Tuition, fees, and materials are in the price for your country. The only other charge is the $48 enrollment fee, and it is waived when you start through the free competency.
Each term runs six weeks and ends with an assessment. You pick up where the Free Competency Program left off.
What you learnHow the pieces of a modern technology stack fit together, from systems and code to infrastructure, and where the seams are.
What it gives youYou stop depending on someone else to tell you what is technically possible.
edX courseCS50's Introduction to Programming with Python (HarvardX)
What you learnHow data actually moves and where it is stored, from the protocol up to the storage layer.
What it gives youAlmost every breach happens on a network. You cannot defend what you cannot draw.
edX courseNetworking and Storage Essentials (IBM)
What you learnHow the pieces of a modern technology stack fit together, from systems and code to infrastructure, and where the seams are.
What it gives youYou stop depending on someone else to tell you what is technically possible.
edX courseCS50's Introduction to Programming with Python (HarvardX)
What you learnHow data actually moves and where it is stored, from the protocol up to the storage layer.
What it gives youAlmost every breach happens on a network. You cannot defend what you cannot draw.
edX courseNetworking and Storage Essentials (IBM)
These are the two subjects you study for free: full content, a dedicated tutor, the student forum and AGTU international events. When you finish them, you download your certificate of hours, and when you continue into the degree, they count as up to six credits.
What you learnHow to turn a security strategy into a plan with deadlines, owners and outcomes that can be measured.
What it gives youSecurity budgets are approved for plans, not for warnings.
edX courseProject Management Principles (University System of Maryland)
What you learnHow a company reorganizes itself around data, and what that reorganization opens up.
What it gives youYou can argue for security as part of the transformation, instead of the obstacle to it.
edX courseIntroduction to Transforming with Data Analytics and the Digital Organization (University of Maryland); Data Analytics Basics for Everyone (IBM)
What you learnHow to turn a security strategy into a plan with deadlines, owners and outcomes that can be measured.
What it gives youSecurity budgets are approved for plans, not for warnings.
edX courseProject Management Principles (University System of Maryland)
What you learnHow a company reorganizes itself around data, and what that reorganization opens up.
What it gives youYou can argue for security as part of the transformation, instead of the obstacle to it.
edX courseIntroduction to Transforming with Data Analytics and the Digital Organization (University of Maryland); Data Analytics Basics for Everyone (IBM)
What you learnThe foundations: threats, cryptography, authentication and how attacks are actually carried out.
What it gives youIt is the vocabulary the rest of the degree is built on, and the one the board expects you to have.
edX courseCS50's Introduction to Cybersecurity (HarvardX)
What you learnHow cloud infrastructure is built, configured and exposed, and where the shared responsibility line falls.
What it gives youMost of what you will be asked to protect no longer sits in a building you can visit.
edX courseIntroduction to Cloud Computing (IBM)
What you learnThe foundations: threats, cryptography, authentication and how attacks are actually carried out.
What it gives youIt is the vocabulary the rest of the degree is built on, and the one the board expects you to have.
edX courseCS50's Introduction to Cybersecurity (HarvardX)
What you learnHow cloud infrastructure is built, configured and exposed, and where the shared responsibility line falls.
What it gives youMost of what you will be asked to protect no longer sits in a building you can visit.
edX courseIntroduction to Cloud Computing (IBM)
What you learnHow data pipelines and platforms are engineered, and where they leak.
What it gives youThe data platform is where the value is concentrated, and so is the risk.
edX courseData Engineering Basics for Everyone (IBM)
What you learnWhat AI actually does, what it cannot do, and where it fits inside a business.
What it gives youYou become the person who separates what is real from what is being sold.
edX courseCS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python (HarvardX)
What you learnHow data pipelines and platforms are engineered, and where they leak.
What it gives youThe data platform is where the value is concentrated, and so is the risk.
edX courseData Engineering Basics for Everyone (IBM)
What you learnWhat AI actually does, what it cannot do, and where it fits inside a business.
What it gives youYou become the person who separates what is real from what is being sold.
edX courseCS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python (HarvardX)
What you learnHow attacks are built and executed: tooling, operating systems, networks, databases and defense architecture.
What it gives youYou cannot design a defense against a threat you have only read about.
edX courseCybersecurity Basics: Tools and Cyberattacks (IBM); Cyber Defense Architecture (IBM)
What you learnCompliance frameworks, penetration testing, threat hunting, incident response and investigation.
What it gives youThis is the work itself: what a security team does on the day something goes wrong.
edX courseCybersecurity Compliance and Framework (IBM); Mastering Generative AI for Cybersecurity (IBM)
What you learnHow attacks are built and executed: tooling, operating systems, networks, databases and defense architecture.
What it gives youYou cannot design a defense against a threat you have only read about.
edX courseCybersecurity Basics: Tools and Cyberattacks (IBM); Cyber Defense Architecture (IBM)
What you learnCompliance frameworks, penetration testing, threat hunting, incident response and investigation.
What it gives youThis is the work itself: what a security team does on the day something goes wrong.
edX courseCybersecurity Compliance and Framework (IBM); Mastering Generative AI for Cybersecurity (IBM)
What you learnAdvanced defense: hardening, monitoring and the decisions that come after the basics are in place.
What it gives youIt is what separates someone who follows a checklist from someone who sets one.
What you learnHow to build software that is secure by design instead of patched afterwards.
What it gives youThe cheapest vulnerability to fix is the one that never shipped.
What you learnAdvanced defense: hardening, monitoring and the decisions that come after the basics are in place.
What it gives youIt is what separates someone who follows a checklist from someone who sets one.
What you learnHow to build software that is secure by design instead of patched afterwards.
What it gives youThe cheapest vulnerability to fix is the one that never shipped.
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Your AGTU master’s program includes complementary content from the edX course catalog, a platform founded by Harvard and MIT, to broaden your learning experience.
More than 2,000 courses are available in the edX catalog. Thirteen of them are built into the subjects of the Master in Cybersecurity, each with its own certificate.
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University of Maryland| Subject | edX course | Certificate issued by |
|---|---|---|
| MIT-501Advanced Information Technology | CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python | HarvardX |
| MIT-504Advanced Computer Networks | Networking and Storage Essentials | IBM |
| MIT-502Advanced Project Management | Project Management Principles | University System of Maryland |
| MIT-523Digital Organization | Introduction to Transforming with Data Analytics and the Digital OrganizationData Analytics Basics for Everyone | University of MarylandIBM |
| MIT-513Cybersecurity | CS50's Introduction to Cybersecurity | HarvardX |
| MIT-505Advanced Cloud Computing | Introduction to Cloud Computing | IBM |
| MIT-508Data Platform Engineering | Data Engineering Basics for Everyone | IBM |
| MIT-500Artificial Intelligence | CS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python | HarvardX |
| MIT-514Cyberattacks | Cybersecurity Basics: Tools and CyberattacksCyber Defense Architecture | IBMIBM |
| MIT-515Cyber Analysis | Cybersecurity Compliance and FrameworkMastering Generative AI for Cybersecurity | IBMIBM |
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Every course is graded on a 4.0 scale, not pass/fail. The minimum passing grade is C-.
Each of the six terms ends with a proctored assessment.
You see the grading criteria before you submit your work.
Doctoral and master’s degrees, listed with their institutions in the catalog.
An in-person immersion in the United States: lectures on campus, visits to companies, and time with faculty and classmates from other countries, where what you study online meets practice.
The AGTU Experience Orlando 2026.
Two AGTU master’s students talk about the program and the week they spent in Orlando with classmates from other countries.
Recorded in Portuguese, with English subtitles.
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Immediate access to two full subjects, the forum, the AGTU international events and your tutor.
A printable PDF with your documented hours, yours to keep, and your hours count as up to six credits when you continue.
What you need to enroll: a bachelor’s degree. You can start the Free Competency Program before sending any documents, and an advisor tells you which academic documents your country requires.
You can also skip ahead and apply directly to the degree at any time.
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When you continue into the degree, your country sets your scholarship.
Every admitted student receives an automatic scholarship based on where they live, up to 81% off, set by your country of residence. No essay, no committee, no waiting list.
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Up to six free credits carry over into the degree. Figures follow AGTU’s published pricing rule; country of residence is confirmed at registration.
Start at no cost, let your country set your tuition, or move at your own speed. They can be combined, and most students use all three.
Start a full competency at no cost and earn a certificate that is yours to keep, whatever you decide next.
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ExploreNo fixed semesters and no speed limits: finish in as few as six months and pay term by term.
ExploreStudents from more than 21 countries are pursuing the same program as you. Every AGTU student joins an active professional network: people in your field, in your time zone, and often in your country. You can see who they are before you enroll, connect with them on LinkedIn, and ask them anything you would rather not ask an advisor.
Students from more than 21 countries are pursuing the same program as you.
Every AGTU student joins an active professional network: people in your field, in your time zone, and often in your country. You can see who they are before you enroll, connect with them on LinkedIn, and ask them anything you would rather not ask an advisor.
Many of them started exactly where you are now: on this page, wondering whether a free master’s-level competency could possibly be real.
Class of 2026More than 21 countries, one community.
It’s really free. The Free Competency Program costs nothing: no automatic billing, no cancellation deadline, no hidden fees, and all materials are included. What we’re asking for is your time and attention, in the hope that the experience convinces you to enroll in the full degree. If it doesn’t, you owe us nothing and you keep your certificate.
Yes. A short admission test confirms basic proficiency in the language you choose to study in: English, Portuguese, or Spanish. It is straightforward, it is taken online, and it is the only test required to begin the free competency program.
Not for the free competency program. Formal admission requirements, including academic documentation, apply when you enroll in a degree program.
No. The free competency, like the full degree, is 100% online with recorded lectures, so you study on your own schedule from any time zone. You’re still supported throughout by your tutor and the forum. Some degree programs include live components; those are described on each program page.
The free competency program has a defined study period, shown when you register. If you need more time, your tutor can discuss options with you.
No. You start as an AGTU (American Global Tech University) continuing-education student. Enrollment in a formal degree program happens only when you decide to continue and complete the admission process. This keeps your record clean and your decision genuinely open.
No. The program is delivered entirely online, so there is no visa, no relocation, and no resignation letter. You study from where you already live, around the job you already have, and the credential you receive is the same American degree.
The credit recognition described on this page, up to six credits, applies to AGTU (American Global Tech University) programs under AGTU’s internal policy. Your certificate documents genuine completed hours, but other institutions set their own transfer rules. We can’t promise what a third party will accept.
It makes it shorter, not cheaper. The published tuition for your category still applies. The benefit is that you’ve already completed part of the program and have credit for it.
No. It’s applied automatically when you’re admitted, based on your country of residence.
There are no artificial speed limits. Many motivated learners finish in half the traditional time.
Yes: letter grades from A to F, with a full GPA.
Yes. Flexible payment plans are available for each term.
Four fields, and your price is set. Prefer to ask first? An advisor answers by email or WhatsApp within one business day.
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Free Competency Program subject to AGTU’s continuing-education and credit-recognition policies as published in the university catalog. American Global Tech University is licensed by the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education (License #12506) and accredited by ASIC. Coursework from leading universities and companies, delivered through our edX partnership.
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Short videos recorded by AGTU students and graduates: why they started, what a typical study week was really like, and what changed at work afterward.
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