Certificate in Applied Cyber Operations - Curriculum 226 (Res)

Program Officer

Kehinde Adesanya "Kenny", LCDR, USN

Glasgow Hall East, Room E309

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Academic Associate

Dr. Alan Shaffer, CDR (Ret)

Glasgow Hall East, Room E227

[phone], DSN 756-3319

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Program Manager

Cynthia Irvine, Ph.D.

Glasgow East, Room 211

[phone], DSN 756-2461

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Brief Overview

The Applied Cyber Operations certificate is a graduate-level, non-degree program designed to enable DoD and U.S. Government personnel to effectively employ cyber capabilities in an operational context and to prepare students to maintain a high state of readiness for cyber operations in the face of hostile action.

Students will be able to utilize their understanding of cyber capabilities and their employment to achieve or support both cyber and overall mission objectives while accounting for adversary activity and environmental constraints.

The program consists of three courses to be taken over a minimum of a three-quarter period. The total number of NPS graduate credits obtained for the certificate is 13 or 13.5, depending upon the choice of courses. This certificate program may be applicable toward a master's degree program in Curriculum 326.

Requirements for Entry

• A baccalaureate degree is required.
• Recent completion, viz. within the past five years, of courses in computer and network security, computer and communications networks. Students lacking these prerequisites may be acceptable to the program through their undergraduate records and other indicators of success.

Convenes

Fall, Spring

Program Length

Three quarters

Subspecialty

6208L

Required Courses

One of the following electives.

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
CS3690	Network Security		4	1
DA3104	Computer Network Attack and Defense		4	1

And both of the following.

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
CY4700	Defensive Cyberspace Operations		3	3
CY4710	Adversarial Cyberspace Operations		3	2