Want to become a certified private cyber detective? An interesting way to combine a career as a private detective with information technology is to start with a vocational course or IT security program and work your way into study of IT. One of the biggest surges in crime in the past few years has been in cyber crime, identity theft, hacking, fraud, etc., and the people with the skills at both following physical and psychological leads while also having the computer knowledge to track skilled criminals down is hard to find.

Cyber crime often pays ... but in the case of this story from MIS out of the UK, the high-tech crime detectives got their men.

According to Bank Systems and Technology Online, banks are increasingly looking for people to work within their corporations to stop cyber crime before it hits.

A long time cyber G-Man, Howard Schmidt warns that fighting cyber crime is a zer-sum game at Red Herring. Perhaps what the industry needs is a few most honest and well educated cyber detectives.

Here are a few places to start you search for online programs which may help you become a cyber detective.

Colorado Technical University has programs in Information Systems Security.

ITT Technical Institute has programs in Information Systems Security.

Norwich University Online - has a Master of Science program in Information Assurance IT Security.

Thomson Education Direct has Vocational Courses in Private Investigating.

And here you can find information about criminal justice programs, including many in IT security.