Cybersecurity

Overview

Course Details

Organizations of all sizes face constant cyberthreats and cyberattacks from both internal and external attackers. Increase your knowledge of cybersecurity resources, tools, laws, and methods with the Cybersecurity BSc course at the American Public University. Your cybersecurity courses in the BS in Cybersecurity will provide you with the opportunity to learn from instructors with a wealth of real-world expertise.

Students must choose a concentration for this degree program:

• Critical Infrastructure 
• Digital Forensics 
• General 
• Privacy and Surveillance 
• Wireless and Mobile Security 

What You Will Do

• Understand cybersecurity’s various aspects, including cyber defense, cyber operations, cyber exploitations, cyber intelligence, cybercrime, and cyber law within federal and state laws
• Learn cyber forensics processes and investigation goals, including the importance of search warrants and chain of custody for computer-related crimes
• Create strategies and plans for security architecture, such as the tools, techniques, and technologies that detect and prevent network penetration, and design effective cybersecurity countermeasures
• Grow your knowledge of network designs, topologies, architectures, protocols, communications, administration, operations, and resource management for wired, wireless, and satellite networks that affect cyberspace security