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Cybersecurity

Program Description:

Build foundational IT skills with focus on network security. Prepare for a career to assess the security needs of computer and network systems. Investigate deviations from acceptable configurations, identify computer and network security vulnerabilities, solve problems, make decisions to recommend the appropriate defensive countermeasures. Implement adequate measures to reduce risks to a level conferring to compliance regulations. Graduates build skills in problem-solving, attention to detail, communication, and teamwork. Note: Students must possess basic keyboarding/word processing skills prior to enrollment in the program.

For program costs and fees refer to the catalog TUITION AND FEES PAGE.

Program Learning Outcomes:

  1. Communicate effectively with diverse audiences across all levels and demonstrate an understanding of the value of diversity and community.
  2. Demonstrate critical thinking to support integrity, confidentiality, availability of data and information.
  3. Communicate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility as it relates to legal liability in information technology and business.
  4. Identify governance, risk, and compliance.
  5. Collect and analyze data from a variety of sources to identify and report events that occur or might occur within the network to protect data information systems and networks from vulnerabilities and threats.
  6. Investigate deviations from acceptable configurations, identify security vulnerabilities, solve problems, make decisions to recommend appropriate defensive countermeasures.
  7. Demonstrate technical proficiency with procedures to operate more securely, efficiently, and effectively using decision-making strategies to understand the needs and limitations of business and information technology.
  8. Prepare for industry certification exams.