Our Undergraduate Cyber Security Certificate Program provides learners with an extensive set of technology skills to help prepare for entry into the field, demonstrate foundational competencies, pursue essential industry certifications and pursue a career pathway in the high-demand world of cyber security.
Whether learners are new to cyber security or not, this cyber security certificate program provides a specialization pathway by offering foundational cyber-related coursework to help develop essential skills and prepare those interested in securing systems and data and defending organizations from cyberattacks to pursue a broad set of career outcomes.
You’ll learn the fundamental skills to help combat cybercrime in as little as 1 year and 2 months on a minimum schedule* or 1 year and 6 months on a normal schedule.**
*Minimum schedule does not include breaks and assumes 3 semesters of year-round, full-time enrollment in 7-13 credit hours a semester per 12 month period.
**Normal schedule assumes 2 semesters of enrollment in 7-13 credit hours per semester per 12 month period.
Cyber Range
Our Undergraduate Cyber Security Certificate program offers a hands-on, immersive learning experience for students through our Cyber Range platform. This practical, sandbox-style learning platform provides a space for you to develop practical live-fire experience with incident response, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence, better positioning you to bridge the cyber skills gap against the increasing complexity of cyber threats.
IT Certification Prep
Elements of this curriculum help you prepare to pursue industry certification opportunities like various Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) certifications, the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC Council) Certified Network Defender certification and the EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker certification, which can help validate your knowledge and skills to employers.
Certificate Now. Degree Later.
After receiving your Cyber Security Certificate from DeVry, continue to build your knowledge in this critical field by applying every course from the certificate to cybersecurity programs at the bachelor’s degree level at DeVry University.
For example, this Cyber Security Certificate program can stack1 into an Associate Degree in Cybersecurity and Networking or a Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Networking.
1At the time of application to the next credential level, an evaluation of qualifying transfer credit will occur and the most beneficial outcome will be applied. Future programmatic changes could impact the application of credits to a future program. Refer to the academic catalog for details.
Want to learn more about our Cyber Security Certificate program? To find out which option is best for you, connect with an admissions representative today.