Program Director: Ahmed Salem, Ph.D. salem@hood.edu; (301) 696-3731
The Certificate in Information Security is offered as a two-year, one-course-per-term (including one summer session) program, requiring three core courses and two electives.
Required Core Courses - 9 credits
- CSIT 555 Information System Security
- CSIT 532 Computer Forensics
- CSIT 534 Network & Internet Security
Electives - 6 credits (Two courses from below)
- CSIT 537 Applied Encryption & Cryptology
- IT 521 Information Assurance and Risk Assessment
- IT 535 Security Policy, Ethics and Law