Information Security Graduate Certificate

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Certificates in Information Assurance

As a National Security Agency–designated Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance, NYU-Poly offers NSA-approved certificates in information assurance. The certificates are awarded to students who pursue a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, telecommunication or electrical engineering and who complete the following course requirements:

NSTISSI 4011: Information Security

Requirements for the Information Security Professional Certificate: 27 Credits

CS 392 Computer Security 3 Credits
CS 6813 Information, Security and Privacy 3 Credits
CS 393 Network Security 3 Credits
CS 6823 Network Security 3 Credits
CS 6843 Computer Networking 3 Credits ²
CS 6803 Information Systems Security Engineering and Management 3 Credits
CS 2134 Data Structures and Algorithms 4 Credits
or
CS 5403 Data Structures and Algorithms 3 Credits
CS 2214 Computer Architecture and Organization 4 Credits ¹
or
CS 6133 Computer Architecture I 3 Credits ¹
CS 3224 Operating Systems 4 Credits ¹
or
CS 6233 Introduction to Operating Systems 3 Credits ¹
CS 3314 Design and Implementation of Programming Languages 4 Credits ¹
or
CS 6373 Programming Languages 3 Credits ¹
EE 136 Communication Networks 3 Credits ¹
or
EL 5363 Principles of Communication Networks 3 Credits ¹