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Cybersecurity Principles

SUNY College of Technology at Canton

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Gain valuable knowledge in distinct phases of information security and assurance from both technical and business aspects. Explore a spectrum of information security activities, methodologies and procedures, and examine best-practice frameworks to understand how cybersecurity functions can be combined and leveraged to secure an organization.

Credits

6 credits

Format

In-Person

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • New York

    New York

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

Auto-populated·from O*NET via SOC 15-1212.00

Skills

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingActive ListeningComplex Problem SolvingSpeakingWritingSystems AnalysisMonitoring

Knowledge

Computers and ElectronicsEnglish LanguageAdministration and ManagementTelecommunicationsEngineering and Technology

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionProblem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningWritten ExpressionInformation OrderingOral ExpressionNear VisionCategory Flexibility

Tasks

  • Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destructi
  • Monitor current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems.
  • Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being tr

Technology

Word processing softwareAccess softwareNetwork monitoring softwareInternet directory services softwareDevelopment environment software

Tools

Desktop computersLocal area network LAN analyzersMainframe computersNetwork analyzersNotebook computersProtocol analyzers

Work Values

Working ConditionsSupportIndependenceAchievementRecognitionRelationships
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

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Occupations matched to this program, with median wage, top wage, growth, and openings
SOCOccupationMethodWageGrowthOpenings
Match confidence: high15-1212.00Information Security Analyststitle_inference$124,910 median$186,420 top+28.5%5,210
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

Auto-populated·from NSX Competency Framework

Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Micro-Credential)

  • SIEM alert triage (Splunk, Sentinel, Chronicle) — investigate per runbook under a senior analyst's review.
  • Phishing analysis and email-threat investigations — work the queue on a tier-1 rotation.
  • Vulnerability-scan output (Nessus, Qualys, Wiz) — interpret and prioritize routine findings.
  • Standard runbooks for common alerts — execute correctly and document outcomes.
  • Tickets and case-tracking in the ITSM platform — log accurately for downstream investigation.
  • Endpoint-detection tools (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) — interpret detections on a standard threat profile.
  • Common attack frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK) — recognize techniques in alerts at the tactic level.
  • Authentication and identity basics (SSO, MFA, SAML, OIDC) — explain and apply correctly.
  • Network-traffic analysis basics (firewall logs, DNS, NetFlow) — read and pattern-match on routine sessions.
  • Compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001 high-level) — recognize control families in audit prep.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
22%
Placement Rate
64%