Introduction

It provide the student an overview of the major core areas of study they will encounter throughout this program. Introduction of computer system architectures, vulnerabilities, critical infrastructures, the growing threat of social networks, intelligence and counter intelligence, international laws, security policies, privacy and information liability, cyber attacks and counter cyber attacks, encryption, risk assessment, cybersecurity forensics including data gathering and recovery, and a forward look at future cyber technology developments.

It helps in expanding the student's knowledge and understanding of the cybersecurity challenges and issues facing corporate and governmental organizations. Courses in the certificate provide an understanding of current cybersecurity threats, phraseology and terminology, various roles, responsibilities, and processes applied in protecting an organization's digital content, as well as evaluation of transmission media, storage systems, networks, risk management and national critical infrastructure. The primary goal of this certificate program is to support IT/CS professionals seeking to expand their understanding of the cybersecurity discipline and to apply that knowledge to their profession.

Goal of Course

• Summarize and demonstrate an understanding of the vocabulary of cybersecurity terms and phraseology.
• Develop an understanding of the cyber threats to national critical infrastructure.
• Demonstrate and differentiate a basic working knowledge and awareness of current and growing threats to people, organizations and society through the use of cyber war, cyber crime, encryption techniques and other activities.
• Explain the basic knowledge of potential threats and how criminals and nation-states use different cyber techniques, the use of encryption methods and managing cyber risks.
• Describe the roles, responsibilities and duties of computer scientists, IT managers, CIOs, CEOs and other decision makers who may influence the use of IT systems.
• Differentiate the scope of the evolving environment of cybersecurity, international law, national law enforcement and organizational security measures and counter measures as applied to network and telecommunications operational security and applications. 

Key Modules

• LINUX+
• SECURITY+
• PENTEST+
• CYSA+