University of Montana Catalog 2023-2024

Cybersecurity Management Certificate

The Cybersecurity Management Certificate is designed to provide students with the technical and management skills necessary to work in the Cybersecurity field. Students will use Cybersecurity skills as a consultant or as an employee helping an organization to develop and implement a Cybersecurity program or respond to security incidents. Students will explore a variety of knowledge areas of Cybersecurity Management and apply that knowledge in a project in the capstone course. The curriculum is based on the Core Knowledge Units developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Students will gain skills in programming; networking technology & protocols; databases & analytics; probability & statistics; policy, legal, ethics, and compliance; cybersecurity fundamentals & practices, and cybersecurity management & planning.

Post-secondary Certificate - Cybersecurity Management 

Summary

Foundation Course: Network, Protocols, & Sys. Admin. Knowledge Pathway3
Programming & Scripting Knowledge Pathway3
Databases, Analytics, & Statistics Knowledge Pathway3
Policy, Legal, Ethics, & Compliance Knowledge Pathway3
Cybersecurity Management & Planning Knowledge Pathway3
Capstone Course: Cybersecurity Fundamentals & Practices Knowledge Pathway3
Total Hours18

Degree Specific Credits: 18

Required Cumulative GPA: 3.0

Foundation Course: Network, Protocols, & Sys. Admin. Knowledge Pathway

Complete one of the following courses:3
Fundamentals of Network & Security Management
Networks
Computer Security
Computer Security
Network OS - Infrastructure
Total Hours3
Minimum Required Grade: C- 

Programming & Scripting Knowledge Pathway

Complete one of the following courses:3
Business App Development
Introduction to Real-time Data Analytics
Introduction to Computer Science
Interdisciplinary Computer Science I
Interdisciplinary Computer Science II
Web Application Development
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Databases, Analytics, & Statistics Knowledge Pathway

Complete one of the following courses:3
Introduction to Data Analytics
Managing Information and Data
Intermediate Data Structures and Algorithms
Database Design
Data Visualization
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Policy, Legal, Ethics, & Compliance Knowledge Pathway

Complete one of the following courses:3
Accounting Information Systems I
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Principles of Business Law
Social & Ethical Issues in CS
Computers, Ethics, and Society
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Cybersecurity Management & Planning Knowledge Pathway

Complete one of the following courses:3
Integrated Project Management for IS
E Commerce: a Managerial Perspective
Introduction to Consulting
Big Data Project
Digital Entrepreneurship
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Capstone Course: Cybersecurity Fundamentals & Practices Knowledge Pathway

Complete the following course:
BMIS 472Advanced Network & Security Management3
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-