IT certificate
Cyberattacks are on the rise — and so is the demand for the professionals who can stop them. Our Certificate in Cybersecurity Digital Forensics equips you with the skills to plan, implement and monitor security measures. This certificate is designed for students with an IT background who are interested in pursuing a role in cybersecurity. The certificate is aligned with the EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH) and Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) certification exams.
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Courses
Education should hold practical value. That’s why our courses meet rigorous academic standards and provide you with skills and knowledge immediately applicable to your career.
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You’ll need 18 credits to complete this Certificate in Cybersecurity Digital Forensics.
Attend class whenever it fits your life, day or night because our online classroom is available 24/7/365. Your academic counselor will help schedule your courses for a Certificate in Cybersecurity Digital Forensics.
Learning shouldn’t take years to put into practice. That’s why we’re empowering you to build career-relevant skills with every five- to six-week course.
We’ve worked with the labor market researcher Lightcast to identify in-demand skills for occupations and mapped those to our related associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.
Tuition
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Careers & Outcomes
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When you earn your online cybersecurity certificate, you’ll be equipped with a concrete set of skills you can apply on the job. You’ll learn how to:
Assess the vulnerability of computer systems to cyberattacks
Create a disk image file of a hard disk partition using the R-Drive image
Analyze file system types using The Sleuth Kit® (TSK)
Discover and extract hidden forensic material on computers using OSForensics
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You have a support team of real people you can lean on. And our academic counselors, who are with you every step of the way, have earned a 5-star rating from 85% of our surveyed students.[1]
[1] Transactional Survey, September 2022-August 2023 (23,739 respondents)
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Work toward your degree without giving up what matters most. Start your degree year-round and take one class at a time.
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Many course assignments will require you to use a computer to complete and submit your assignment.
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