Managing Cybersecurity Operations Certificate Program

Managing Cybersecurity Operations is an online, intensive, three-course/nine-day program to prepare managers for secure systems design, cybersecurity operations, situational awareness for identity theft, and incorporating advanced techniques using artificial intelligence and machine learning. Through exercises and project-based learning, you will build skills to implement secure operations and activating responsive teams.

Managing Cybersecurity Operations is aligned to NIST frameworks and education initiatives of the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Custom Program Benefits

Your team will learn to:

• Develop an advanced cybersecurity strategy
• Define elements of operationalization, such as policy, procedures, secure DevOps
• Recognize factors of identity theft and robust protections
• Enhance systematic efforts through machine learning and AI
• Manage cybersecurity teams and resources

COURSE 1: Cybersecurity Systems Design and Operations (3-days)

This course will enable you to learn the advanced techniques needed for advanced security operations. From system design to cloud security, this course will focus on all aspects of building a modern secure enterprise. Participants will learn through online training modules.

You will learn:

• Security design for architecture and controls
• Cyber defense analysis
• Penetration testing strategies
• Securing development supply chains
• Behavioral analysis of humans and machines
• Creating a zero-trust network
• Automation and orchestration
• Cloud security architectures
• Design operationalization through a capstone project

COURSE 2: Identity Theft: How it Happens (3-days)

In this six-module course, you will cover the basic steps in identity hacking and theft. From social engineering, open-source data collection, to stealing and using credentials, this course will give an overview of how identity theft occurs and what to do to prevent it.

You will learn:

• Context and history of different forms of identity theft
• Setting up potential victims
• Target profiling
• Attack conduct and life cycles
• Identity theft defense
• Identity theft practicum

COURSE 3: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity (3-days)

As business enterprises become more complex, the techniques and actions made to help secure those enterprises must also be more directed, precise, and still enable the underlying business to succeed. Advanced data management and implementation of artificial intelligence can help security operators make sense of all of the data coming from many sources and make more precise decisions with the tools at hand. This course will cover some of the main areas of focus in cybersecurity where the implementation of advanced artificial intelligence can help systematically drive down enterprise risk while making better use of the tools already in place.

You will learn:

• Data types, data flow, algorithms foundations
• IT system baselining and using machine learning for anomaly detection
• AI in malware and software analysis
• Behavioral analysis for insider threats
• AI and learning enhancements for systematic situational analysis and decision-support
• AI and automation practicum

Educational objectives

You will receive methods, tools, and frameworks to apply to your technology-driven organization. The three project-based capstones give you hand-on experience prototyping realistic designs and implementation plans, which you can safely receive integral feedback. The methods are derived from best practices developed after years of experience in government and commercial cybersecurity. Tools are provided to help guide strategic decision making and investments. Frameworks will be provided to help structure a holistic cybersecurity program to increase the resilience of an organization in the face of evolving cyber threats.

Each course utilizes roughly 16 hours of direct instruction and eight hours of participant time in activities and exercises. Each course can be tailored to  be open for several days to allow flexible working. All three courses could be completed over a one-month to a three-month window, for example. 

Who should attend

This program is for experienced software development managers, technologists, cybersecurity managers, and technology leaders who seek to gain the foundational knowledge necessary to make informed decisions regarding cybersecurity operationalization. This program is ideal for professionals wishing to activate new teams, including external red-team/blue-teams for an enterprise or corporate portfolio. and You are expected to have a basic understanding of information systems. 

Program Leader

Dr. Donald Robinson