Cybersecurity Certificate

As many business sectors become increasingly information centric and network reliant, cybersecurity is becoming a critical pillar of the enterprise. Cybersecurity: A Systems Approach explores information security vulnerabilities and how to approach cybersecurity resilience as a complex system....

This course provides system security engineers the principles of applied systems engineering with a focus on requirements derivation and documentation. You’ll learn the basics of the systems engineering approach and its relationship to security engineering as applied to weapons and weapo...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can be integrated across organizations to improve services, provide better situational awareness, and generate decision-making insights. This course will introduce you to the fundamentals and applications of AI and ML, ranging from knowled...

Cyber and non-cyber professionals face challenges in effectively protecting their organizations from ever-evolving cyber threats. You’ll be taught how to identify cyber risks, map their impact across an organization, prioritize concerns, and identify actionable mitigation strategies usin...

This course will help engineers, designers, and others gain foundational knowledge of the broad implications of cyber warfare and electronic warfare (EW) convergence. Topics will introduce traditional cyberattacks and electronic warfare and cover topics such as infrastructure and communication...

Embedded systems offer many opportunities to economically and effectively control large infrastructure systems, small single purpose devices, and many products in between. But their use can also introduce vulnerabilities easily exploited to gain access to valuable data, alter device functional...

This lab-based course will introduce you to modern defensive skills required to counteract cyber threats. You will use live equipment and virtual machines representing “blue forces” tasked to negate real-world threats against systems and networks. Instructors will place partic...

Designed as an introduction to digital forensics and incident response, this course explores forensic investigation using freely redistributable, open-source software tools. The course will focus on an analysis of equipment encountered in the enterprise as well as introductory recommendations ...

Take a systematic approach. In Digital Forensics and Weapons Systems, you will explore the forensic investigation of the combination of traditional workstations, embedded systems, networks, and system busses that constitute the modern-day-weapons system. The course reviews the similarities and...

Embedded computing systems are prolific in modern society and increasingly used in applications ranging from consumer products (e.g., mobile devices, wearables, smart appliances) to industrial and military systems (e.g., process control, mobile or field units). Growing dependence on self-drivi...

This course will give students a baseline knowledge of enterprise security operations. Content will explore models and architectures of Security Operation Centers (SOCs), including implementation of both preventative and detective technologies. Students will gain skills in vulnerability manage...

Learn how to apply test and evaluation (T&E) to the cyber domain. The Fundamentals of Cyber Systems Test and Evaluation course approaches T&E from the perspective of Department of Defense (DoD) practitioners, covering the gamut of the roles, responsibilities, processes, procedures, and...

Malware is a growing threat to the information and intellectual property of organizations. This introductory course will provide a foundational understanding of malicious software, how malware has shaped the global cybersecurity landscape, and malware's future impact. Discussions and hands...

The Department of Defense has migrated toward network-centric warfare concepts, and systems that support these concepts. Commercial technologies and systems developed for the military are being combined to provide connectivity at all levels of command and operational environments. If you'r...

As businesses become more dependent on interconnected systems for survival, they recognize a need to train their own personnel in assessment, exploitation, and remediation techniques. These “red teams” are becoming vital to organizations by exposing vulnerabilities early, implementing rem...

Take a deep dive into how to use public sources to recognize and respond to malicious cyber activities. This course will help technical cybersecurity specialists track evolutionary and revolutionary aspects of cybersecurity threats in order to more effectively combat emerging threats. In addit...

In today’s information-centric environment, protecting organizational data from deliberate or unintentional disclosure is paramount. While most organizations focus on protecting their critical assets and data from external threats, they may overlook the threats originating from inside their wa...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF) provides a mechanism to inform risk decisions and improve cybersecurity. As federal government and private industry transition to RMF, a broad understanding of the entire process eases adoption challenges...

Learn best practices and techniques for developing software in a way that prevents the inadvertent introduction of security vulnerabilities in mobile, enterprise, web-based, and embedded software systems. This three-day Secure Software Development course contains a mix of lecture and hand-on e...

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This course provides students with an increased understanding of how Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting/Aud...

This course will discuss concerns with developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the societal impacts faced while on the path to achieving true AI. The lectures will touch on the technical aspects of achieving trust in machines, developing tools to evaluate the ethical outcomes of algorithms...

Data analytics is transforming business processes at both large and small organizations. As siloed data becomes more available through the deployments of environments, such as data lakes and company-wide data warehousing, opportunities are arising to apply analytics to improve efficiency, iden...

This course provides acquisition, engineering, and operations professionals a background in the principles of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a focus on their applicability to Department of Defense (DoD) and industry problems, alike. You’ll learn the basics of AI systems, including foundatio...