Information Security Graduate Certificates
EC-Council University’s Graduate Certificate Program focuses on the competencies necessary for Information Assurance professionals to become managers, directors and CIOs in the field. Students will experience not only specialized technical training in a variety of IT security areas, but they will also acquire an understanding of organizational structure and behavior, and the skills to work within and across that organizational structure, and to analyze and navigate its hierarchy successfully. Each certificate targets skills and understandings specific to particular roles in the IT security framework of an organization. The certificates can be taken singly or as a progressive set of five--each building on the one before it to move students from IT practitioner skill levels to IT executive skill levels.
Background, Organization & Purpose:
Information Assurance is one of the fastest growing, most undefined fields in today’s world. Globally, definitions of IA vary as much as the information that is being protected From government secrets, corporate intelligence competitive advantage, to private medical information on individuals, data protection is a daunting task. Organizational roles are widely undefined and globally many economies are failing from a security prospective. Hackers and cyber criminals are commanding botnets and vast networks in organized crime rings to make billions of dollars from unsuspecting individuals, corporations, and governments.
Various organizations have attempted to define roles and responsibilities and many open source resources are available. EC-Council University has created a sample framework of functional and executive roles derived roughly from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK) as published in 2008. Using that EBK’s matrix and the job roles identified in the U.S. Department of Defense descriptions (DODD8570.2) and corporate/industry input, the organization of the ECU Graduate Certificate Program was created.
Born from the ECU Masters in Security Science and mapped to industry standards, each graduate certificate contains a series of benefits, from preparation for industry recognized certifications* , to NSA program mappings, to executive leadership development and masters level education promoting critical thinking, ethical practice, scholarship and research.
The graduate certificates build upon each other moving students through levels of skills and understandings increasingly directed to managerial and leadership positions in Information Assurance.
*Graduate certificates do not guarantee certification, but do prepare students to challenge the various independent industry examinations.
Graduate Certificates:
Primary
Functional
Executive
Program Delivery
EC-Council University programs are delivered 100% online using a facilitated, blended learning mode. Through years of adult learning experience, EC-Council University has refined the course delivery to include cutting edge online and live delivery methods combined with e-learning/self study components and individual assignments to create a successful, flexible learning environment to meet the tough scheduling requirements of today’s busy IT professionals. By using ECU’s learning management system, industry current content and advanced virtual classroom platform, students have a top-notch learning experience.
Admission Requirements and Prerequisite Expectation
ECU’s graduate certificates are taught at the graduate level and while certificate students do not need to be admitted to the masters program, a bachelors degree and a 530 or better TOEFL score is required for admission. Due to the highly technical nature of the certificates‘ contents and the incremental building of skill sets and understandings, there are prerequisites we highly recommend for successful completion of each certificate. All graduate students, MSS or Certificate programs are required to complete our Student Application.
Blended Learning Approach
In addition to EC-Council University Courses listed above, most courses which directly correlate to an EC-Council Information Security Certification are available view Video based Instruction from EC-Council | iClass. VBT sessions can be loaded onto mobile devices such as the iPad, iPods, Netbooks, or any other medium capable of storage and video playback/navigation.
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