Computer Information Systems: Certified Ethical Hacker, SCERT

Short-Term College Certificate (SCERT-CEH)

About the Program

The Certified Ethical Hacker Certificate Program is designed to provide the “how to” of Intrusion Detection, Policy Creation, Social Engineering, DDoS Attacks, Buffer Overflows and Virus Creation and perimeter defense development in preparation for the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification exam.

This Program Offers

• College Certificate (SCERT): 13 credit hours

College Certificate Goals

• Teach students foundational skills in preparation for entry-level careers in Cybersecurity
• Provide students with course content and practical experience consistent with the competencies required to pass the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification exam

College Certificate Outcomes

• Describe the key issues plaguing the information security world, incident management process, and penetration testing
• Explain various types of footprinting, footprinting tools, and countermeasures
• Classify malware, malware analysis procedures, and countermeasures
• Explain social engineering techniques, identify theft, and social engineering countermeasures
• Describe different types of webserver attacks, attack methodology, and countermeasures
• Demonstrate network scanning techniques and scanning countermeasures

Admission Requirements

To be admitted into the Cybersecurity Program students must:

• Fulfill all WCCCD admission requirements
• Declare Cybersecurity as program intent on the WCCCD admission application or change program intent at the campus admission office
• Attend an informational session about the Cybersecurity Program
• Complete the Cybersecurity Program Application
• Provide a reference letter
• Existing WCCCD students must also have:
  • Completed both CIS 110 , CIS 120  and CIS 240  with a C or better
• Students new to WCCCD must also:
  • Complete Llobet Reasoning Assessment
• Entry into the Cybersecurity Program is based upon on a selective admissions process that requires successful completion of all above conditions