Why study Cyber Defense at Coastal Georgia?

At Coastal, you will experience hands-on learning, where the focus is on the process, not the outcome. Those who work in the field of cyber defense can make an impact by helping keep governments, businesses, and even our nation’s critical infrastructure safe and functioning.

What will I learn?

Upon completion of the Cyber Defense Certificate, students will be able to detect and prevent intrusions and other suspicious attempts to access a computer and its resources by hackers. They will be able to manage incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity within information security by providing contingency operations.

What can I do when I graduate?

There are various career paths students can take once completing the Cyber Defense Certificate. They include:

• Data Security (protecting and maintaining the integrity of businesses, customers, and other data)
• Application Security (ensuring software and other applications cannot be hacked, compromised, accessed, or disabled without proper authorization)
• Network Security (protecting network infrastructure and software from unauthorized access)
• Operational Security (day-to-day monitoring and security management)
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) (authenticating users and authorizing them to access specific applications, data, and other systems)
• Privileged Access Management (PAM) (controlling and monitoring privileged access for users, accounts, applications, and other system assets)
• Vulnerability Management (VM) (proactive identification – such as scanning – and resolution – such as patching, systems hardening, implementing new solutions, etc., of potential threats and vulnerabilities in the IT ecosystem
• Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (this can include mobile device management – MDM – and other processes and technologies for securely enabling a mobile workforce
• Security Training (teaching employees and other users to identify and appropriately deal with common security issues like phishing, malware, or social engineering.