As technology becomes more advanced and readily available, there is an increase for trained cyber security professionals.
Penn State Great Valley's Cyber Threat Analytics and Prevention graduate certificate prepares students to understand the diverse and global cyberattacks, cyber laws and regulations, vulnerabilities, threats, and surveillance systems, while gaining certain fundamental skills to plan, prevent, protect, detect, analyze, respond, mitigate, and recover from threats and attacks in a sophisticated and large-scale basis.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must hold either (1) a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or (2) a tertiary (post-secondary) degree that is deemed comparable to a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution. This degree must be from an officially recognized degree-granting institution in the country in which it operates. The successful applicant will possess a degree in science or engineering or a closely aligned field and is generally expected to have a minimum combined junior/senior GPA of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale.
Current Penn State Great Valley graduate students in all programs are also welcome to apply and enroll in this certificate.
Certificate Requirements
To be awarded the graduate certificate, students must successfully complete 12 credits of course work. All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C or better and an overall GPA of 3.0.
Cyber Threat Analytics and Prevention Certificate Courses
Fall 2021 Course Offerings
Fall I Term
- DAAN 871 - Data Visualization
Students may discuss additional online course options with their adviser.
Spring 2022 Course Offerings
Students interested in enrolling in spring courses may discuss online course options with their advisor. The following courses are 14-week online courses delivered asynchronously via Penn State World Campus. The classes below will start on Monday, January 10, 2022, and end on Friday, April 29, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
- DAAN 871 - Data Visualization
- INSC 561 - Web Security & Privacy (Section 002 Only)
- INSC 846 - Network & Predictive Analytics for Socio-Technical Systems
- INSC 526 - Business Process Management & Integration
Contact the Engineering Division at [email protected] for assistance with World Campus courses.
Penn State's schedule of courses lists course availability. Although the course numbers, times, and availability on the University registrar's schedule of courses are correct, their prerequisites differ. These refer to University Park courses, not Great Valley courses.
Courses are each 3 credits and may be applied to the Master of Software Engineering or the Master of Science in Information Science. Courses are offered in convenient seven-week sessions.
Download: Cyber Threat Analytics and Prevention Certificate Advising Sheet
If you are a current certificate student and have completed all the coursework, please submit the Graduate Certificate Completion Form.