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Education And Skills

Education

2024 - 2025

Devry University | Cybersecurity Degree

This program helps you develop the essential skills needed to be a strategic data defender capable of protecting an organization from highly disruptive cyberattacks.

Infrastructure Security: Learn the essential skills for implementing infrastructure security, covering topics like identifying vulnerabilities, wireless security, risk assessment, intrusion detection, business continuity, disaster recovery, firewall architecture and cryptography.

Information Systems Security: Understand information security basics, including attack vectors and surfaces, defense strategies, and policies for safeguarding people, data, networks and devices.

Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering: Develop vital security architecture skills for varied IT environments, including cybersecurity assessment, leading teams in deploying enterprise-wide solutions, and ensuring compliance with organizational policies to bolster resilience against cyber threats.

Ethical Hacking: Explore hacking attacks, defense mechanisms, and black hat hacker tools to better protect applications, systems, and networks, applying this knowledge to analyze security vulnerabilities.

Skills
& Expertise

  • •Electronics and Circuit Design:

  • •Component Familiarity: Learn to work with various electronic components like sensors (e.g., motion, door/window), actuators (e.g., servos), microcontrollers (e.g., Arduino), and communication modules (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth).

  • •Circuit Design: Develop skills in designing and connecting circuits on a virtual platform, understanding how components interact within a system.

  • •Programming and Coding:

  • •Microcontroller Programming: Gain experience in programming microcontrollers like Arduino. Learn to write code to handle sensor inputs, control outputs, and implement security features.

  • •Integration of Components: Write code to integrate various sensors and actuators, ensuring they work together cohesively to provide a functional security system.

  • •System Design and Architecture:

  • •Smart System Integration: Understand how to integrate multiple components into a unified smart home security system, including sensors, alarms, and communication devices.

  • •User Interface Design: Learn to design user interfaces for monitoring and controlling the security system, which could involve creating simple control panels or dashboards.

  • •Collaboration and Communication:

  • •Teamwork: If working in a group, develop skills in collaborating with others, sharing responsibilities, and integrating different components and ideas.

  • •Presentation Skills: Learn to present and explain your system’s design and functionality to others, including potential users or stakeholders.

  • •Security Awareness:

  • •Security Principles: Gain a foundational understanding of security principles and practices, such as how different sensors and alarms contribute to a comprehensive security solution.

  • •Risk Assessment: Understand potential vulnerabilities in a security system and how to mitigate them through design and programming.

  • •Troubleshooting and Debugging:

  • •Issue Identification: Develop skills in identifying and troubleshooting issues in both circuit design and programming.

  • •Problem-Solving: Learn to debug problems that arise during the design and implementation phases, such as connectivity issues or sensor malfunctions.

  • • Simulation and Testing:

  • •Virtual Testing: Use Tinkercad's simulation features to test and validate your designs virtually before physical implementation.

  • •Scenario Analysis: Test different security scenarios to ensure the system responds appropriately to various inputs and threats.

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