Online Certificate in Cyber Security

Overview

Corporations have been put on alert to heighten their infrastructure and data security due to threats from hackers and cyber-terrorists. Government agencies and customers have dramatically increased their requirements of corporate security procedures. Develop the skills you need to succeed in this rapidly expanding, dynamic field.

The curriculum focuses on developing a comprehensive understanding of the principles for designing, engineering, and managing secure information systems environments. Core topic areas include access control, application development security, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning, cryptography, information security governance, and risk management, legal, regulations, investigations and compliance, operations security, physical (environmental) security, security architecture, and design, and telecommunications and network security. This program will help prepare you to sit for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) exam administered by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC)2®.

Career Insight

Occupational summary for information security analysts in the United States.

• Jobs: 112,392 (2019)

• Projected Growth: 24.9% (2019-2029)

• Annual Salary: $98k-$156k (25th-75th Percentile)

Program Benefits

• Develop key knowledge of information systems security, including access control, administration, audit and monitoring, risk, response, and recovery

• Implement government and customer imposed security requirements

• Develop best practices for business continuity planning in the event of a major disaster or major change in the business

• Broaden your knowledge to include the implementation of multiple technologies, including client/server, Web, mainframe, and wireless

• Design, diagnose, implement, manage, and resolve complex computer security threats

• Gain the knowledge required to obtain your CISSP® certification

Transfer Credit

Graduates from UCI Division of Continuing Education's Information Systems Security Certificate program are eligible to transfer credits to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Master of Science in Criminal Justice and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Master's in Professional Studies (MPS): Cybersecurity Programs.

In the U.S. News & World Report annual college survey, UC Irvine is ranked among the top 50 universities nationally and ranks tenth among all public universities - quite an impressive feat for our young campus.

Established in 1962, UCI Division of Continuing Education has been offering education for adult learners in Orange County for over half a century. Today we maintain over 30,000 enrollments from students worldwide each year and offer hundreds of exciting courses and programs to local, regional and global constituencies.

UCI Division of Continuing Education offers over 60 convenient certificates and specialized studies programs on campus and online designed for the working professional who seeks career advancement and personal enrichment. So if you are trying to start a new career, build a company, or better develop an appreciation of the world around you, UCI Division of Continuing Education has the resources needed to support your undertakings.

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