Cyber Threat Analytics and Prevention

The Cyber Threat Analytics and Prevention 12-credit graduate certificate at Penn State Great Valley 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.

Students will be able to:

1. Effectively communicate cyber security knowledge, including vulnerability, threat, cyberattack analysis, and suspicious and attack findings in written formats in a manner appropriate to the audience.
2. Collect and Analyze data to uncover, detect, and analyse network suspicious activities and cyberattacks.
3. Demonstrate understandings and skills to plan, protect, respond, mitigate, and recover from cyber threats and attacks.

Degree Requirements and Academic Credentials:
4-6 year Bachelor's Degree.
Official transcript; official certification of degree and date awarded; documents required in English only. Documents must be issued by the school with the official stamps and signature.

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