University of California, Irvine - Division of Continuing Education
Online Certificate in Cyber Security
Online, USA
Certificate
DURATION
15 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
TUITION FEES
USD 4,650
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: UC Irvine’s Online Certificate in Cyber Security helps secure information systems. Curriculum covers access control, application security, business continuity and disaster recovery, cryptography, governance, risk management, legal and regulatory compliance, operations, physical security, architecture and telecommunications/network security. Prepares for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) exam. UC Irvine ranks among the top 50 US and top 10 public universities. It emphasizes cybersecurity fundamentals.
Career Outcomes: Occupational summary for US information security analysts: Jobs: 112,392 (2019); Projected growth: 24.9% (2019–2029); Annual salary: $98k–$156k (25th–75th percentile). Graduates can be security analysts, network engineers, incident responders, security consultants, or compliance/risk analysts.
Corporations have been put on alert to heighten their infrastructure and data security due to threats from hackers and cyber-terrorists. Government agencies and customers have dramatically increased their requirements of corporate security procedures. Develop the skills you need to succeed in this rapidly expanding, dynamic field.
The curriculum focuses on developing a comprehensive understanding of the principles for designing, engineering, and managing secure information systems environments. Core topic areas include access control, application development security, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning, cryptography, information security governance, and risk management, legal, regulations, investigations and compliance, operations security, physical (environmental) security, security architecture, and design, and telecommunications and network security. This program will help prepare you to sit for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) exam administered by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC)2®.
Course schedules are subject to change. Individual courses may be taken without enrolling in the full program.
Required Courses
- Foundations of Cybersecurity
- Host & OS Security
- Secure Systems
- Security Architecture & Design
Elective Courses
Choose a minimum of 6 units
- Network Security:Concepts & Technologies
- Introduction to Computer Forensics
- Develop key knowledge of cyber security, including access control, administration, audit and monitoring, risk, response, and recovery
- Implement government and customer imposed security requirements
- Develop best practices for business continuity planning in the event of a major disaster or major change in the business
- Broaden your knowledge to include the implementation of multiple technologies, including client/server, Web, mainframe, and wireless
- Design, diagnose, implement, manage, and resolve complex computer security threats
- Gain the knowledge required to obtain your CISSP® certification
Career Insight
Occupational summary for information security analysts in the United States.
- Jobs: 112,392 (2019)
- Projected Growth: 24.9% (2019-2029)
- Annual Salary: $98k-$156k (25th-75th Percentile)
Who Should Enroll
This program has been designed to benefit security professionals who require CISSP® certification and work on software development and information technology infrastructure teams, security technicians working with Internet service providers, application service providers, systems integrators, and security auditors. Business professionals who must combat potential cyber-threats that endanger their organizations’ data will also benefit from this program.
The program also includes courses to expand technical skills and enable security professionals and those training to be security professionals to pursue and maintain a variety of industry certifications. The courses include current findings from academic and technological research and state-of-the-art practice.