Professional Certificate in Cybersecurity
Delivered in collaboration with Emeritus.
- TIME COMMITMENT 15-20 hours/week
- DURATION 24 weeks
- FORMAT Online
- PRICE $7,450
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
MIT xPRO is collaborating with online education provider Emeritus to deliver this online program. By clicking LEARN MORE, you will be taken to a page where you can download the brochure and apply to the program via Emeritus.
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- Explore the basic concepts of computer security systems and their operations
- Explore the threat landscape and break down the types of threats and vulnerabilities
- Identify the key components and sequences of incident response frameworks
- Explore the fundamentals and strategies to protect systems
- Learn how to identify and test vulnerabilities
- Gain knowledge of privacy laws, regulatory agencies and resources, and the types of protection they provide
- Explore the workings of secure communications between computer systems and organizations
- Learn how attacks are identified and how defensive cybersecurity responses are established
- Gain knowledge of the functions, strengths and weaknesses, and administration of SOCs
- Identify key components and sequences of incident response frameworks
- Learn how virtualization and the cloud are closely associated
- Gain knowledge and understanding of how to identify and test vulnerabilities
- See simulated cyberattacks on web application security
- Learn to identify malicious activities cultivated by human actions
- Understand privacy policies and how they relate to data governance
- Learn to identify and mitigate risks associated with Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices
- Explore artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and how they relate to the cyber environment