Cyber Security Certificate by TONEX
Cyber security is extremely important for network and computer security these days. TONEX with more than 15 years of experience in system security, offers the most comprehensive cyber security certificate for the IT professionals to accomplish changes to the recent advancement toward cyber security, vulnerable cyber-attacks, user interface problems related to the system privacy, Hardware/Software security issues, cyber security forensic, and malware attacks/protection planning.
The cyber security certificate has been created to introduce you to the latest internet security threats and vulnerabilities and different methods of risk management. Whether you are an executive, IT professional, or IT system administrator, this certificate will help you to understand all the aspects of cyber security and provide you plans for managing the risks caused by cyber security threats.
Certificate paths:
This certificate is divided into four different paths based on four main areas in cyber security. By taking each path, a certificate will be given to you for that specific area. Here are the major paths in this cyber security certificate program:
- Vulnerabilities and risk management
- Computer Security
- Cyber Security Forensic
- Network Security
In order to receive the certificate for each area, one should take the core courses plus two elective courses from the listed elective courses listed in Table 5. Each course is 3 credit hours and you need to pass 15 credit hours for each cyber security certificate program in different areas.
Area 1: Vulnerabilities and Risk Management
Cyber security certificate-vulnerabilities and risk management area is designed for IT professionals who want to learn about different types of attacks, malwares, exploits, cyber-crimes and protection methods against each type of threat. Moreover, you will learn about user interface security problems and methods to handle the risks regarding usable security. Core courses for the cyber security certificate-vulnerabilities and risk management are listed in Table 1.
Table 1: Core courses for Cyber Security Certificate, Area 1
Course Title | Course Number | Delivery Method | Credit Hours |
Introduction to Threats and Risk Management | CST 1001 | In class | 3 |
Malware Analysis | CST 1002 | In class | 3 |
Usable Security | CST 1003 | In class | 3 |
You will also need to take two elective courses from the elective courses offered by TONEX in cyber security area listed in Table 5.
Area 2: Computer Security
Cyber security certificate-computer security area is designed for IT professionals who want to learn about different topics in computer security. Firstly, you will be introduced with the concepts of software engineering and necessity of security in computer systems. Next step is to understand the software security, types of vulnerabilities threatening the software and different approaches to analyze and protect the software against risks. Finally, the concept of hardware security will be covered which will help you to understand the different types of threats in hardware, methods of identifying the controlling the risks against hardware security. Core courses for the cyber security certificate-computer security are mentioned in Table 2 in detail.
Table 2: Core courses for Cyber Security Certificate, Area 2
Course Title | Course Number | Delivery Method | Credit Hours |
Introduction to Software Security Engineering | CST 2001 | In class | 3 |
Software Security | CST 2002 | In class | 3 |
Hardware Security | CST 2003 | In class | 3 |
You will also need to take two elective courses from the elective courses offered by TONEX in cyber security area listed in Table 5.
Area 3: Cyber Security Forensic
The cyber security certificate-security forensic is designed for IT professionals who want to learn about the main concepts of cryptography and importance of passwords in cyber world. Moreover, you will learn about the basics of information security, methods to identify the risks for information security and approaches to manage the different types of risks toward important information of cyber world. Finally, you will be introduced to the disaster recovery plans, methods of recovery after any type of disaster happening to the cyber world, and principles of business continuity in cyber world.
Table 3: Core courses for Cyber Security Certificate, Area 3
Course Title | Course Number | Delivery Method | Credit Hours |
Cryptography | CST 3001 | In class | 3 |
Information Security and Risk Management | CST 3002 | In class | 3 |
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity | CST 3003 | In class | 3 |
You will also need to take two elective courses from the elective courses offered by TONEX in cyber security area listed in Table 5.
Area 4: Network Security
The cyber security certificate-network security is designed for IT professionals who want to learn about the main concepts of network security, computer architecture and web security. Moreover, you will learn about the basics of network, why networks should be protected, what are the main causes of risks to the networks and computer architectures for networks.
Table 4: Core courses for Cyber Security Certificate, Area 4
Course Title | Course Number | Delivery Method | Credit Hours |
Network Security | CST 4001 | In class | 3 |
Computer Network Architecture | CST 4002 | In class | 3 |
Web Security | CST 4003 | In class | 3 |
You will also need to take two elective courses from the elective courses offered by TONEX in cyber security area listed in Table 5.
Elective Courses:
Elective courses are designed to improve your knowledge of cyber security in different aspects. Based on your path or your area of interest you may need to take at least two elective courses among the courses listed in Table 4.
Table 5: List of Elective courses for Cyber Security Certificate
Course Title | Course Number | Delivery Method | Credit Hours |
Introduction to Hacking | CST 5001 | In class | 3 |
Information Assurance Analysis | CST 5002 | In class | 3 |
Statistical Privacy Protection | CST 5003 | In class | 3 |
Computer Forensic | CST 5004 | In class | 3 |
Public Key Infrastructure | CST 5005 | In class | 3 |
Wired and Wireless Area Networks | CST 5006 | In class | 3 |
Java Security | CST 5007 | In class | 3 |
Authentication in Cyber Security | CST 5008 | In class | 3 |
Embedded System Security | CST 5009 | In class | 3 |
Network Programming | CST 5010 | In class | 3 |
Secure Software Engineering | CST 5011 | In class | 3 |
Big Data Analysis | CST 5012 | In class | 3 |
Why Do You Need This Certificate?
With the world full of threats and cyber-attacks, one should increase his knowledge about different types of possible vulnerabilities, procedures to control the threats and coming up with plans to manage the risks caused by these vulnerabilities. Moreover, depending on the application, one should be concerned about cyber threats in networks, computer systems or an infrastructure. Security training for each application needs specific training and consideration. In this way, TONEX’s cyber security certificate with four major areas in cyber security will help you to identify any types of threats in cyber world based on your dedication to security industry and introduces you a new way to come up with a plan to manage the risks for different types of attacks.
Why TONEX?
TONEX has served the industry and academia with high quality conferences, seminars, workshops and exclusively designed courses in cyber security area and is pleased to inform professional fellows about a comprehensive certificate program on Cyber Security including three different areas.
Who Should Attend?
The Cyber security certificate by TONEX is a 5-day training for each area designed for:
- Executives working in security area
- IT professionals
- Network engineers, security analysts, policy analysts
- Security operation personnel and network administrators
- System integrators and security consultants
- Cyber security professionals and computer engineers
- Security traders
- Technicians, operators and maintenance personnel in cyber security area
- Product designers
- Managers recently started a new project in cyber security areas
What Will You Learn?
Upon completion of the Cyber Security certificate, the attendees will learn to:
- Recognize the cyber security concepts in computer systems
- Understand the cyber security concepts in Network
- Practice the fundamentals of threats and vulnerabilities in cyber world
- Identify different methods of risk management in cyber security network
- Practice the learned topics through hands-on experiments and workshops
- Apply the advanced methods to protect the cyber system against vulnerabilities
- Develop technical knowledge of incident management in case cyber-attacks happen
Cyber Security Certificate by TONEX