2023-2024 Catalog

Cybersecurity

Program Goals

  1. Provide students with the technical knowledge and skills required to protect and defend computer systems and networks in the field of Information Technology.
  2. Provide students with the knowledge to identify, analyze, and remediate computer security breaches at an organizational level.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

PLO 1. Demonstrate the knowledge to analyze and evaluate emerging Cybersecurity risks and solutions with creative and critical thinking.
PLO 2. Demonstrate adequate knowledge about Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, and Computer Forensics tools and software.
PLO 3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of programming languages to successfully implement the methodologies in the Cybersecurity domain.
PLO 4. Demonstrate the ability to apply security principles and practices to the environment, hardware, software, and human aspects of a system.
PLO 5. Demonstrate the ability to analyze and evaluate systems for maintaining operations in the presence of risks and threats in Information Technology.