The Cybersecurity Skills Certificate is designed to prepare students to take industry recognized certification exams, including: CompTIASecurity+ , EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and CCNA Cyber Ops. By developing the knowledge and skills, and obtaining the industry recognized credentials, students will be competitive for employment in the cybersecurity field.
It is anticipated that an average of 10-15 students will complete this certificate of achievement annually. |
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The Cybersecurity Skills Certificate is designed to prepare students to take industry recognized certification exams, including: CompTIASecurity+ , EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and CCNA Cyber Ops. By developing the knowledge and skills, and obtaining the industry recognized credentials, students will be competitive for employment in the cybersecurity field.
Upon successful completion of the program, students will demonstrate an ability to:
● Install and configure basic routing and switching elements.
● Collect and analyze data to uncover attacks and malware
● Learn attacks, security policy, encryption, access control, PKI, authentication, and cryptography.
● Comprehend concepts of system vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, exploits, and countermeasures
The Cybersecurity Skills Certificate Certificate is part of the work CIS faculty engaged in to “re-package” CIS Degree and Certificates so they align more clearly with employment opportunities in the field. This certificate fits with the MPC mission, curriculum and master planning because it prepares students to earn Security+ Certification and compete for career opportunities in Networking and Security.
Course Title Units Sequence
CSIS 76A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 1 3 Semester 1
CSIS 86 Network Security Fundamentals/Security+ Prep 3 Semester 1
CSIS 87 Computer Forensics 3 Semester 2
CSIS 88 Security Practices: Penetration Testing 3 Semester 2
and Discovery
CSIS 89 CCNA Cyber Operations (Cyber Ops) 3 Semester 2
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