Cyber Security Undergraduate Certificate

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Overview

The Professional Certificate in Cyber Security is aimed at graduates with an AAS degree (two-year degree) who are working in a security or IT-related field. The certificate will provide the material needed to upskill students so that they can gain cybersecurity knowledge. The certificate will be offered online as a series of half-semester 2 credit courses (the professional communications course is 3 credits). The certificate will be 20 credits. The courses in the certificate will map to federal training standards as outlined in the NIST/NICE framework.