Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate Requirements: Advanced Information Security Essentials
Advanced Information Security Essentials
Cybersecurity Stackable Graduate Certificate Requirements
The School of Professional Studies: Graduate, Online
The accelerated 7 week semester online graduate Professional Studies Advanced Information Security Essentials program offers a Stackable Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate that requires 12 credits (4 courses) including:
Cybersecurity Stackable Graduate Certificate Courses: 12 credits (4 courses).
Graduate Cybersecurity Certificate students have the option to earn the complete 30 credits (10 courses) required for a MS Global Cybersecurity by stacking the three Advanced Cybersecurity Graduate Certificates.
Save Time and Money. Earn Your Degree Faster.
Transfer Credits: Our generous transfer policy allows students to transfer up to 90 credits required for a Bachelor degree, or up to 45 credits required for an Associate level degree as well as 6 credits of related graduate study. Credits presented for transfer must be from an accredited institution and a final course grade of a C or higher is required for undergraduate and a B or higher on the graduate level. Discuss with your advisor.
Prior Learning Assessments: Receive college credit for learning acquired through life experience. By evaluating a portfolio, we determine whether your experience qualifies as college level learning. Pay for one credit and receive three credits per course successfully challenged. You may challenge up to fifteen courses.
Credit by Examination: After enrolling in the School of Professional Studies, you may seek approval from your program to receive credit by examination. Contact your program's director or the Office of the Registrar for more information.
Transfer credit or credit by examination is acceptable in lieu of all Core Curriculum requirements except College Writing I (ENG-0160) and College Writing II (ENG-0170). These two courses are required of all students enrolled in the School of Professional Studies.
Advanced Information Security Essentials
Cybersecurity Stackable Graduate Certificate (12 Credits)
GCC 6000: Foundations of Information Security
This course provides the framework and language to understand what is considered an information security problem. This includes understanding the essential properties of information security -- confidentiality, integrity, and availability -- as well as ways to implement controls that ensure the application of those properties. There are several control frameworks in use around the world that provide easy starting places to ensure protections are in place. This course will help students evaluate those control frameworks for applicability in their environments.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
GCC 6100: Geopolitical Threat Landscape*
The threat landscape in the world today is poorly understood, often being diluted to easy and pithy words and phrases that do not adequately explain what is happening or who the attackers are. This course is about clearly identifying threat actors and their motivations, including the geopolitical and economic reasons for their actions. Misunderstanding the adversary can lead to missing the best approaches to circumventing attacks, as well as opportunities to think more broadly about how to address security-related issues globally rather than using only local controls at each individual business.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
*Easily Stack Graduate Cybersecurity Certificates: This course can be applied toward the requirements for each of the three Post Baccalaureate Cybersecurity Certificates when stacked into the MS Global Cybersecurity degree.
GCC 6200: Psychology and Sociology of Information Security
Information security is all about people. People are the first, last, and best line of defense. Attackers regularly make use of this understanding, spending a lot of time thinking about how to best manipulate people into performing actions against their best interests. Too often, security practitioners believe they can require people to behave in certain, tightly circumscribed ways. They miss that humans will continue to be humans, so it is best to work with them rather than against them. Understanding not only the attacker mindset but also the diverse mindsets of the people within the organization can help identify the best controls to implement.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
GCC 6300: Security Organization
Appropriate security must start with business needs, since the business defines what essential resources they can invest in that effort. This begins with policies but continues through standards and processes. None of these can be developed in isolation, however, nor can they remain stagnant since attacker techniques are continuing to evolve to counter controls in place. This is why threat intelligence and effective communication with staff and external stakeholders are both essential.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
Find Your Voice. Expand Your World. Transform Your Future.
Graduate Certificates
Set yourself apart by adding a graduate certificate to your master's degree. Students enrolled in graduate professional studies programs may choose from a diverse selection of graduate certificates to further enrich their educational experience. The graduate certificates may be taken as a stand alone option or, in some cases, achieved with additional courses embedded within the course of study. This additional focus provides specialized knowledge and experience tailored to your career and personal goals.
At Rosemont, we offer a high quality education and a pathway to success that provides exceptional value within a challenging yet supportive environment. Recognizing the demands faced by adult learners, we offer flexible degree options designed to support your continued growth through education.