Systems Security Certificate

In eCornell Certificate Programs 

Security breaches are growing in frequency, sophistication, and consequence. This growth is likely driven by our increasing dependence on computing systems — as individuals and as nations — which makes these systems attractive targets for malfeasants who design and launch attacks.
With the courses in this certificate program, you will develop a practical literacy in systems security. You will learn the abstractions and principles needed to understand the design and analysis of secure systems. You will also become comfortable navigating technical literature. Through real-world case studies, you will practice identifying protocol successes and failures, designing schemes for authenticating users, and choosing between discretionary and mandatory access control schemes. By the end of this program, you will be able to identify the appropriate enforcement strategy for a given security policy.
Students will be most successful in this program if they have familiarity with programming and computer operating systems.