Intrusion Detection & Incident Handling Certificate

Program Requirements

Program Information

General Requirements for Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates

See Century College Policy 3.17.0.1

Program Note

Students are able to transfer all courses in this certificate towards one of the Cybersecurity, Forensics and Information Assurance AAS degrees. 

Transfer, Articulation Agreements, and Partnerships

See the Century College website for information regarding transfer.

This program is intended primarily for employment preparation rather than transfer to a four-year institution. Some courses may not transfer to a number of four-year colleges. If you are considering the possibility of transfer, you may wish to talk with your advisor, counselor, or program instructor before registering to discuss your goals, look at programs designed for transfer, and develop a plan.

Program Learning Outcomes

At the end of this program students will be able to:

• Demonstrate troubleshooting strategies with a variety of security problems
• Install and configure web, database, file, and application servers
• Develop and implement effective security and disaster recovery systems and policies
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and procedures for Security management
• Demonstrate effective research, planning, and security management of software updates and fixes
• Apply accumulated knowledge and skills in an actual industry environment
• Demonstrate effectiveness in the use of computer forensic tolls, procedures, techniques, and hardware as well as maintain physical evidence
• Demonstrate effectiveness in configuring authentication schemes, such as NAT, content security and content vectoring, SYNDefender, and VPNs using industry standard firewalls.
• Demonstrate effectiveness in the use and scan of a network with heterogeneous operating systems and identify security vulnerabilities
• Demonstrate knowledge of multiple areas within the liberal arts arena.
• Demonstrate knowledge in design and configuration of Windows security
• Demonstrate effectiveness in tracking and monitoring as well as managing kicker attacks against Linux servers and how to prevent them

Program Contact Information

Israel Emmanuel, 651.773.1787, Room 1743 East

Sample Plan

Please note that this is a sample course sequence. Individual schedules will vary depending upon student needs, goals, and availability. Students are recommended to meet with their advisor, counselor, or faculty program instructors to create an individualized plan that includes prerequisites and application requirements. For detailed program information see the Century College website. This information is subject to change.

Note

This information is subject to change. Changes and updates are posted on century.edu

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