"We Want to Be Recognized as the Leading ... School in the World" - Pradeep Khosla, Carnegie Mellon University

Cybersecurity is the buzzword these days, and in terms of education ... Carnegie Mellon University is all over it, and has been for nearly a decade. In an exclusive interview, Pradeep Khosla, dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon, discusses: The school's current cybersecurity programs; Hot career opportunities for graduates; Advice for those looking to start or jump-start a cybersecurity career. Khosla is currently Dean of the College of Engineering and the Philip and Marsha Dowd University Professor at Carnegie Mellon. His previous positions include: Founding Director, Carnegie Mellon CyLab; Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, Information Networking Institute; Founding Director, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems (ICES); and Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he managed a $50M portfolio of programs in real-time systems, internet enabled software infrastructure, intelligent systems, and distributed systems.