To achieve our goal of offering industry recognized skill development and high quality learning experiences, we are currently redeveloping curriculum and content for the Cyber Security certificate program. Current courses will remain available through 2023 and redeveloped courses will be announced when open for enrollment. Please contact your
program representative with any questions about your academic plan.
Overview
Corporations have been put on alert to heighten their infrastructure and data
security due to threats from hackers and cyber-terrorists. Government agencies and customers have dramatically increased their
requirements of corporate security procedures. Develop the skills you
need to succeed in this rapidly expanding, dynamic field.
The curriculum focuses on developing a comprehensive understanding of the
principles for designing, engineering, and managing secure
information systems environments. Core topic areas include access control,
application development security, business continuity and disaster recovery
planning, cryptography, information security governance and risk management,
legal, regulations, investigations and compliance, operations security, physical
(environmental) security, security architecture and design,
telecommunications and network security. This program will help prepare you to
sit for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) exam
administered by the International Information Systems Security Certification
Consortium, Inc., (ISC)2®.
Who Should Enroll
This program has been designed to benefit security professionals who require CISSP®
certification and work on software development and information technology infrastructure
teams, security technicians working with Internet service providers, application
service providers, systems integrators, and security auditors. Business professionals
who must combat potential cyber-threats that endanger their organizations’
data will also benefit from this program.
The program also includes courses to expand technical skills and enable
security professionals and those training to be security professionals to pursue
and maintain a variety of industry certifications. The courses include current
findings from academic and technological research and state-of-the-art practice.
Career Insight
Occupational summary for Information Security Analysts in the U.S.
Source: Lightcast™ 2022
170,150
Annual Job Openings
(2021)
30.8%
Projected Growth
(2021-2031)
$166k
Salary for Highly Experienced Professionals
(Median Salary $103k)