Johns Hopkins Security Informatics

[CreamandSugar]

Does anyone know about the reputation of, go to, has gone to, or know someone that went to JHU ISI? I'm mainly interested in the quality of education and job prospects afterwards, but also who hires/recruits from it. Do graduates exclusively go into healthcare? It seems extremely health-oriented.

[BKMD]

I'm at JHU and while I don't know anything about ISI, I can say that besides healthcare, the school also has close connections to government/defense careers (DoD, NSA, etc), probably from being located in the D.C. area. Many students have security clearances and are funded in this way.

[zerolife]

I've considered the JHU program last year but couldn't find anything that would support its reputation. It seems like you don't have to take the healthcare related courses but if that's something interesting to you, I don't think any other InfoSec program can beat JHU in this area.

Otherwise, I would highly suggest to take a look at CMU's two InfoSec program. Yes, there are two, one offered by INI which is more technical and another offered by Heinz that's more on the policy & management side. However the difference is pretty much just whether you want "Technology" or "Policy & Management" printed on your diploma. Students from either program can take courses from Heinz, INI, CS (yes the top school in the US), ECE (Engineering), SEI (Software Engineering), or Tepper (Business School).

Why CMU? You have CERT and CyLab are on campus. Most of the Information Security related professors are CERT staff.