Program Details
Next Start Date: January 8
Credit Hours: 12
Course Length: 8 weeks
Estimated Program Length: 12 months
In University of West Florida’s online cybersecurity certificate program, you’ll learn crucial cybersecurity skills that can position you for success in your career or allow you to smoothly transfer coursework into our master’s degree in cybersecurity.
Why Study Cybersecurity at UWF?
We have carefully designed the curriculum for our graduate cybersecurity certificate to prepare professionals to become leaders in the protection of data assets and analysis of potential threats and vulnerabilities to systems and networks.
What You Will Learn
This program is comprised of two required courses and several electives that provide foundational knowledge in cybersecurity and technical skills to secure systems, networks, software and data assets. You can complete cybersecurity certificate coursework with two elective courses, featuring topics in secure software development, database security, digital forensics and database systems.
Designed for graduate non-degree-seeking students, students interested in pursuing a future master’s degree in cybersecurity or working professionals seeking to build their cybersecurity skills, by completing this certificate, you will be able to:
- Analyze cybersecurity problems
- Assess potential threats to systems and networks
- Defend against cyberattacks
- Formulate and evaluate cybersecurity solutions
- Protect data assets
- Strengthen network and system security