Engineering
Associate of Agriculture Applied Agricultural Management
Virginia Tech, United States
- Degree
- Diploma
Engineering
Knowledge on Internet Security best practices, attack and defense strategies is rapidly becoming a required skill for today’s Information Technology worker. This certificate introduces students to the fundamentals of computer and network security, and how to analyze a client/server IT infrastructure for security weaknesses. Students also gain practical experience in analyzing common practices for security vulnerabilities that could result in the loss of sensitive company and customer information. Attack analysis and countermeasures will be studied at the transport, network, data link, and physical layers.
Location: Blacksburg, VA, United States
9 graduate credits required. Core courses include ECE 5484 Fundamentals of Computer Systems; ECE 5585 IT Security and Trust I; ECE 5586 IT Security & Trust II OR ECE 5480 Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things.
Open to VT graduate students and others not enrolled in VT graduate programs. Admission: VT students: Complete the Application for Graduate Certificate Program form Non-VT students: Complete online Admission Application
Engineering
Virginia Tech, United States
Engineering
Virginia Tech, United States
Engineering
Virginia Tech, United States
Engineering
Virginia Tech, United States
Engineering
Virginia Tech, United States
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