Graduate Certificates

CURRICULUM

Best Practices in Information Security (BPIS)

Course #	Course Title
IA7020	Information Security Systems and Organizational Awareness
IA7030	Legal and Ethical Practices in Information Security
RM6000	Effective Writing in Information Security Analysis
Credits required for Certificate: 9

Disaster Recovery and Continuity Planning (DRCP)

Course #	Course Title
IA8190	Security Forensics
IA8230	Legal and Ethical Management Issues in Information Security
IA8140	Business Continuity Planning and Recovery
IA8120	Information Assurance Policy Planning and Analysis
Credits required for Certificate: 12

Information Security Analysis (ISA)

Course #	Course Title
IA8120	Information Assurance Policy Planning and Analysis
IA8020	Security Policies, Practices and Standards
IA8030	Design, Development and Evaluation of Security Controls
IA8040	Incident Response Management
Credits required for Certificate: 12

Information Security Auditing (IAU)

Course #	Course Title
IA8050	Security Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
IA8190	Security Forensics
IA8030	Design, Development and Evaluation of Security Controls
IA8110	Certification and Accreditation
Credits required for Certificate: 12

Information Security Compliance (ISC)

Course #	Course Title
IA8120	Information Assurance Policy Planning and Analysis
IA8020	Security Policies, Practices and Standards
IA8030	Design, Development and Evaluation of Security Controls
IA8210	Risk Management and Compliance
Credits required for Certificate: 12

Information Security Engineering (ISE)

Course #	Course Title
IA8050	Security Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
IA8060	Intrusion Detection, Attacks and Countermeasures
IA8070	Design and Development of Security Architectures
IA8080	Security Solution Implementation
Credits required for Certificate: 12

Information Security for the Enterprise (ISEN)

Course #	Course Title
IA8020	Security Policies, Practices and Standards
IA8030	Design, Development and Evaluation of Security Controls
IA8040	Incident Response Management
IA8250	Knowledge Management in Information Security
Credits required for Certificate: 12

Information Security Planning and Analysis (ISPA)

Course #	Course Title
IA8230	Legal and Ethical Management Issues in Information Security
IA8140	Business Continuity Planning and Recovery
IA8120	Information Assurance Policy Planning and Analysis
RM9200	Strategic Analysis in Information Security
Credits required for Certificate: 12

Information Security Practices (ISP)

Course #	Course Title
IA8020	Security Policies, Practices and Standards
IA8030	Design, Development and Evaluation of Security Controls
IA8040	Incident Response Management
IA8250	Knowledge Management in Information Security
Credits required for Certificate: 12

Information Security Project Management (ISPM)

Course #	Course Title
IA7040	Information Security and Organizational Change
PM8100	Information Security Project Management
IA8220	Security Program Strategies and Implementation
PM8110	Strategic Program Management in Information Security
Credits required for Certificate: 12

IAM/IEM Graduate Certificates

Information Security Assessment Methods (IAM)¹

Course #	Course Title
IA8010	Business and Security Risk Analysis
IA8030	Design, Development and Evaluation of Security Controls
IC7010	INFOSEC Assessment Methodology
Credits required for Certificate: 6

Information Security Evaluation Methods (IEM)²

Course #	Course Title
IA8030	Design, Development and Evaluation of Security Controls
IA8050	Security Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
IC7020	INFOSEC Evaluation Methodology
Credits required for Certificate: 6

¹ This certificate requires the student to earn the NSA IAM certification through the University of Fairfax/Security Horizon Alliance.

² This certificate requires the student to have successfully completed the NSA IAM certification and to earn the NSA IEM certification through the University of Fairfax/Security Horizon Alliance.