Minimum required credits for AAS: 62

Program Description:

The Cybersecurity AAS degree is designed to provide a comprehensive program to develop a skilled workforce in the field of cyber security. The curriculum covers: preserving information confidentiality and protection, risk management, data and system integrity, availability, authenticity and utility.

Program Outcomes:

The student will be able to:

1. Use technology and critical thinking skills effectively to analyze and communicate matters of information security.
2. Detect, analyze, identify and resolve security vulnerabilities, threats & breaches using appropriate tools.
3. Install, configure and monitor information systems security devices/ software, as well as apply software patches and service packs.
4. Identify the implications of information systems configuration weaknesses.
5. Identify the implications of information systems policy/procedure weaknesses as well as human errors.
6. Determine the necessity for cyber investigation and retrieve/seize cyber evidence from computer systems without contamination.
7. Utilize basic security features to configure and harden operating systems.