Cybersecurity Management Certificate – Community and Professional Education

This course provides an overview of the areas associated with the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling of the Cybersecurity discipline. It introduces the design and administration of Cybersecurity planning, policy, programs, protection, people, and projects (the 6P’s). It also discusses the administration of the personnel and technologies necessary to protect information assets.

Tuition
$450
Contact hours
24
CEUs
2.4
Format
Online, Self-Paced

Upcoming offerings

Online, Self-Paced

Start any time and work through the material at your own pace. There are no scheduled class meetings.

See all online, self-paced dates and details in the course catalog

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About this course

Overview

The course contains eight modules. Six of these modules are lectures, and two contain projects. This course is self-paced and may be completed in less than 24 hours of work. You have six months to complete the course. If during the course you have any questions, please post your questions in the discussion forums. The moderator should answer within two business days.

Recommended Prerequisites

  • A general understanding of Information Technology
  • Course 1 Cybersecurity Foundations

Textbooks

Required

Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers, NIST SP 800-100, Bowen, Hash, & Wilson, csrc.nist.gov. This is a free PDF download.

Recommended

Management of Information Security, 6th edition, Whitman &Mattord, Cengage Learning.

cengage.com

This textbook is strongly recommended but not required to successfully complete this course.

Other References

See the NIST special publication library at the csrc.nist.gov for additional documents which may support your understanding of the material.

This is course 2 in the KSU Introduction to Cybersecurity Certificate.