Overview

Course Details

With the Information Assurance Postgrad. Cert. at American Public University, you’ll gain an advanced understanding of the theory and technical skills for threat detection and securing vital, sensitive information assets for organizational and government agency networks.

APU’s online information assurance courses enable you to deepen your knowledge of network security solutions, tiered security assessments, specific solutions for specialized needs, continuous monitoring, and activity analysis. You’ll also learn:

Best practices in threat detection, warnings, and attacks
Proper security awareness training and support
Cryptography
Infrastructure security engineering

This certificate is ideal for improving your knowledge of information assurance without committing to a degree program.

Key Facts

Develop familiarity with the components of an information assurance and certification plan
Evaluate security governance objectives and risk management objectives
Learn about the phases, processes, standards, levels, and process areas of the INFOSEC Assessment Capability Maturity Model (IA-CMM)
Understand how to assess and conduct a complete threat, vulnerability, impact, and risk assessment and how to blend risk mitigation strategies based on data analysis
Understand the processes and products of INFOSEC assessment methods (IAM), and how to create information security management measurements by analyzing incident management and response data

Programme Structure

Courses Included:

Computer Networks and Data Systems

Telecommunications and Network Security

Information Assurance

Information Assurance: Assessment and Evaluation

Information Assurance: Capability Maturity and Appraisals

Information Security Management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

Courses Start Monthly

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

18 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Charles Town, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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105

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

For this program, you must provide an official transcript of your previously-completed bachelor's or master's degree and have ONE of the following:

Associate or bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field
2 years of work experience in the specific sub-field for this certificate - to be documented in your resume or your Joint Services Transcript (JST) and DD214
Completion of one of our undergraduate IT certificates
Completion of 6 upper-level (300-400) undergraduate credits in IT-related courses
Certification from CompTIA A+ (2010 – Present) or a combination of the following: CompTIA Network +, CompTIA Project +, CompTIA Security+
A valid and current Project Management Professional certification
Completion of CISSP certification

TOEFL iBT minimum scores required: 24 in Reading, 27 in Writing

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

8190 USD / year

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Out-of-State

8190 USD / year

≈ 8190 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

8190 USD / year

≈ 8190 USD / year

Additional Details

$290 with Preferred Military Rate

$386.75 with Veteran Grant

$409.50 with APUS Opportunity Grant

Funding

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Additional Details

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