Undergraduate Certificate Cyber Defense The Undergraduate Certificate in Cyber Defense will provide students the skills necessary to defend against advanced cyber threats.
Our undergraduate certificates are available to both degree seeking and non-degree seeking students.
All of our certificates are 18 credit hours and can be finished in two to three semesters or can be taken one class at a time. These certificates provide students with the hands on knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to excel in a competitive job market.
Courses
CYBV302 Linux Security Essentials
CYBV303 Windows Security Essentials
CYBV326 Introductory Methods of Network Analysis
CYBV400 Active Cyber Defense
CYBV435 Cyber Threat Intelligence
CYBV460 Zero Trust Networking
The Undergraduate Certificate in Cyber Defense will provide students the skills necessary to design defensible network architectures; employ active and passive defensive technologies; arm those defensive technologies with tactical Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI); conduct Network Security Monitoring (NSM) and Threat Hunting operations; respond to security incidents; and how to manipulate network environments in order to defend against advanced cyber threats. Students will conduct interactive exercises to secure Linux and Windows operating systems; conduct network traffic flow analysis and forensics; conduct anomaly/intrusion detection and identification; identify and block command and control operations; conduct Incident Response (IR) activities; and how to implement and manage Zero Trust Networks (ZTN) within on-premises and cloud-based environments. Upon completion of the certificate, students will have a sound understanding of the technologies and methods utilized to defend systems and networks. They will be able to describe, evaluate, and operate a defensive network architecture; employing multiple layers of protection using technologies appropriate to meet mission security goals.