Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Systems Security

The Graduate Certificate in Systems Security is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand, implement, measure, validate, and verify security properties of complex systems. The program covers common threats, vulnerabilities, processes, policies, and methods for security, including threat analysis and risk assessment, networking, physical security, information system security, and operational technology security.

Program Overview

Students in the program will gain hands-on experience designing, implementing, and assessing the security postures of cyber-physical systems through a rigorous foundation in the best practices for information security. The program combines cybersecurity for systems engineers, networking concepts, system modeling, policy development, and protection systems for confidentiality, integrity, and system availability as primary goals.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

1. Dissect threats facing networked distributed systems and multiple interacting networks using current security practices.
2. Evaluate security engineering policies, principles, and controls to achieve a desired security posture for a complex organization.
3. Understand the security literature and how it applies to their research goals and the goals of their organization.
4. Create models of complex systems and the security controls used to protect them.

Program Requirements

The program requires the completion of the following courses:

• SYSE 548: Security Engineering for Systems Engineers (3 credits)
• SYSE 549: Secure Vehicle and Industrial Networking (3 credits)
• SYSE 569: Cybersecurity Awareness for Systems Engineers (3 credits) The program total credits are 9.

Effective Date

The program is effective Spring 2025. Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

Certificate Details

This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate.