Cyber Threat Analytics and Prevention Graduate Certificate
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.
| Course | Required or Elective | Current Offering | Future Offering |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSC 561 Web Security and Privacy | Required | ||
| IST 554 Network Management and Security | Required | FA I & FA II (14 weeks online) |
SP I & SP II (14 weeks online) |
| IST 820 Cybersecurity Analytics | Elective | FA I & FA II (14 weeks online) |
SP I & SP II (14 weeks online) |
| DAAN 871 Data Visualization | Elective | SP I | |
| INSC 846 Network and Predictive Analytics for Socio-Technical Systems | Elective | SP II | |
| IST 454 Computer and Cyber Forensics | Elective |
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.
If you are a current certificate student and have completed all the coursework, please submit the Graduate Certificate Completion Form.