Cybersecurity

6 quarter AAS

This program offers a combinations of hands-on, hybrid, and online courses. See course descriptions for more information. 

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
  • Communicate effectively with diverse audiences across all levels and demonstrate an understanding of the value of diversity and community.
  • Communicate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility as it relates to legal liability in information technology and business.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking to support integrity, confidentiality, availability of data, and information.
  • Demonstrate technical proficiency in applying procedures to operate more securely, efficiently, and effectively using decision-making strategies to understand the needs and limitations of business and information technology.
  • Implement and evaluate computer-based solutions to meet requirements of hardware, operating system, cloud, and security infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Investigate deviations from acceptable configurations, identify security vulnerabilities, solve problems, make decisions to recommend appropriate defensive countermeasures.
CIP Code
11.1003

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