Cybersecurity Center

This is a lab-based course that helps to prepare students to install, configure, secure and maintain the Windows server environment. Topics include configuring and managing DHCP, DNS, routing and remote access, file and print services. Prerequisite(s): CIS175, CIS225, CIS312 or CIS337.

Certification offering: Certification availability is subject to change.

Course preparation requirements: Course may require that prerequisites are satisfied through completion of a course at Strayer University, transfer credit or review of previous certifications earned. Contact a dean, advisor or coach for additional information.

This is a lab-based course that provides an overview of information technology security principles, challenges, vulnerabilities and countermeasure strategies. Topics include definition of security terms, concepts, elements and goals. Students will explore industry standards and practices that focus on the availability, integrity and confidentiality aspects of information systems security.

This course presents current and emerging theories in security management. Topics include the policies, guidance, technologies and organizational concerns that security managers must address in leading and providing secure computing environments. Students will explore topics such as access control, risk identification and cryptography.

This course examines the structure and operation of digital computers in the context of providing data and infrastructure security. Emphasis will be placed on strategies to select, deploy, integrate and administer modern computing environments to support the organization's overall security posture. Topics include hardware components of modern computing environments and their deployment in compliance with applicable cybersecurity laws and policies.

This course addresses the topic of risk management and how risk, threats and vulnerabilities impact information systems. Topics include how to assess and manage risk based on defining an acceptable level of risk for information systems, elements of a business impact analysis, business continuity plan, and disaster recovery planning. PREREQUISITE: CIS 502

This course examines strategies to design, administer and maintain a comprehensive enterprise security infrastructure. Topics related to protection of information technology assets and infrastructure from external and internal threats are included.

This course addresses the risks, threats and vulnerabilities for web-based applications and the people who use them. This course presents security strategies to mitigate the risk associated with web applications and social networking. Topics also include a review of the evolutionary changes that have occurred in computing, communications, and social networking and securing systems against risks, threats and vulnerabilities associated with web-enabled applications.

This course examines the threats, crimes and other abuses that are present in the cyber realm. Topics include identifying the bad actors in cyberspace, examining how they used the internet for criminal activity, and evaluating techniques in preventing crime and abuse. Students will explore different types of cyberattacks and their characteristics. PREREQUISITE: CIS 502

This course presents typical cyber operations including access and control, where ethical dilemmas arise and provides tools for legal and ethical decision making. Topics include various stages of a cyber operation, U.S. regulations and ethical implications of granting access and control. Students will explore the authorities, roles and steps associated with ethical cyber operations.

This course presents the systematic methods in conducting computer forensic investigations, acquiring digital data and reporting on forensic investigations. Topics include procedures to create a forensics lab, investigating computer and cybercrime, tools, techniques and methods used to perform forensic investigations and concepts for collecting, analyzing, recovering and preserving forensic evidence. 

This course covers cryptography from historical, applied, and theoretical perspectives. Topics include symmetric and asymmetric encryption techniques that include classical and modern algorithms. This course explores the framework and practice of using cryptography in securing information in organizational settings.

In this integrative capstone course, students will examine and solve real-world cybersecurity problems and apply associated techniques to create practical solutions. The course takes an integrative, senior security officer approach to address the policy, risk and control opportunities within cyberspace and IT environments.

Get the knowledge and skills to identify, track and prosecute cyber criminals. Understand computer forensics; creating a secure lab; and the process for forensic investigation, including first responder response techniques, incident management, and reports used by computer forensic investigators. Cover a broad base of topics designed to detect attacks and collect evidence in a forensically sound manner. Take preparatory steps to identify evidence in computer-related crime and abuse cases and track a hacker’s path through a client system.

This is a lab-based course that covers topics in offensive network security, ethical hacking, network defense and countermeasures. The course provides an understanding of the tactics and tools used by hackers and methods to prepare strong countermeasures and defensive systems to protect an organization’s critical infrastructure and information. Topics include perimeter defense techniques, scanning and attacking simulated networks with a variety of tools, viruses, and malware.

This is a lab-based course that covers topics in advanced penetration testing and information security analysis. Students are exposed to methodologies in conducting thorough information security analysis and advanced penetration testing techniques to effectively identify and mitigate risks to the security of an organization’s infrastructure.