The designation of CSU Pueblo as a National Security Agency, Center for Academic Excellence (NSA-CAE) in Cyber Defense Education allows us to offer the Designated Institution Certificate in Cyber Security Defense for CSU Pueblo students who complete the curriculum courses. Students interested in this certificate program should contact the CIS department for further information. 

Program of Study Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing the curriculum, students will possess the following skills:

1. Demonstrate the ability to understand and recognize the nature and range of Cyber Threats, Exploits, Attacks
2. Demonstrate appropriate analysis and application of Cyber Defense (CD) tools and methodologies to address and defend organizations and Information Systems (I.S.) from cyber attacks
3. Understand the best application of Info Security Models, Cyber Sec Planning and Policies to  analyze, integrate appropriate cyber security methodologies into viable solutions
4. As a team project member, the ability to develop and communicate Threat-Vulnerability-Asset (TVA) grids and IT solutions for cyber attack and vulnerability risk analysis
5. Demonstrate the ability to develop Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Risk Mitigation Strategies and solutions within financial, ethical and cyber Law boundaries

Specific Program Requirements