Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate

Sacred Heart University

The entire world is dependent on information technology as a means of staying competitive in business, industry, the arts, personal communication and commerce of all types. The utilization and dependence of technology are continually experiencing new and ever-changing security risks to their information resources. New threats and risks are identified daily and require immediate attention in order to continue business operations. Security risks must be addressed if businesses and government are to thrive and survive in our ever-changing and rapidly expanding technology-driven world.The Certificate Program in Cybersecurity is designed to provide individuals with an introduction to networking, risk and threat management, security architecture and ethical and security skills to effectively address the constantly changing threat landscape of concerns mentioned above. The courses in the certificate program will:Provide the individual with an introduction to building a secure and risk management technology environmentProvide an overview of proper technology risk management practicesIntroduce the individual to an array of social and ethical issues that are incumbent upon those in providing security to technology and managing riskHelp the individual to be able to identify new and existing threats and determine methods to mitigate themProvide the individual the skills to handle security incidents

School of Computer Science and Engineering