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Our Graduate Certificate Programs give you the Specializations Edge you need to be successful

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing and most undefined fields in today’s world. Globally, definitions of cybersecurity vary as much as the information that is being protected.

From government secrets and corporate intelligence to competitive advantage and the private medical information on individuals, data protection is a daunting task. Organizational roles are widely unknown, and many economies are failing from a security perspective. Hackers and cybercriminals now operate in large organized crime rings making billions of dollars from unsuspecting individuals, corporations, and governments. No one is safe.

EC-Council University’s Graduate Certificate Program focuses on the competencies necessary for cybersecurity professionals to become managers, directors, and CIOs. Students will experience not only specialized technical training in a variety of IT security areas, but they will also acquire an understanding of organizational structure and behavior, the skills to work within and across that organizational structure, and the ability to analyze and navigate its hierarchy successfully. Each certificate targets skills and understandings specific to particular roles in the IT security framework of an organization. The certificates can be taken individually or as multiples of up to five––each building across knowledge domains from IT practitioner skill levels to IT executive skill levels.

Program BenefitsProgram DeliveryDurationTransfer of Credits

Program Benefits:

EC-Council University has created a sample framework of functional and executive roles derived roughly from the United States Department of Homeland Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK), as published in 2007.

Using that EBK matrix and the job roles identified in the U.S. Department of Defense descriptions (DODD8570.2) and corporate/industry input, the organization of the ECCU Graduate Certificate Program was created.

Born from the ECCU Master of Security Science Curriculum and mapped to industry standards, each graduate certificate contains a series of benefits:

Preparation for Industry Recognized Certifications
NSA Program Mappings
Executive Leadership Development
Master’s Level Education
Promoting Critical Thinking
Ethical Practice
Scholarship & Research

Specific courses in the certificates satisfy program requirements for the federal NSTISSI (National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee) 4011, 4012, 4013A, 4014, 4015, and 4016 standards for Information Systems Security Professionals, Designated Approving Authorities, System Administration in Information Systems Security, Information System Security Officer, Systems Certifier, and Information Security Risk Analyst, respectively.

Please see individual graduate certificate pages to identify the mappings.

The specified courseware has been certified at the highest national level by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) and maps to the NSTISSI standards listed above. For more information, please visit CNSS – The Committee on National Security Systems.

The graduate certificates build upon each other, moving students through levels of skills and knowledge increasingly directed to managerial and leadership positions in cybersecurity.

Graduate certificates do not guarantee certification, but do prepare students to challenge the various independent industry examinations.

Program Delivery:

EC-Council University programs are delivered 100% online. EC-Council University has refined the course delivery to include online delivery methods with instructor-led e-learning components alongside individual assignments to create a successful, flexible learning environment to meet the tough scheduling requirements of today’s busy IT professionals.

Duration:

Each program can be completed in 3 to 9 months.

Transfer of Credits:

Turn Your Certification into a Degree!

As a prospective EC-Council University student and current EC-Council Certification holder, you can also earn credits toward your courses based on your prior learning/industry certifications.

For more information on the Transfer of Credit program, click here.

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Our Graduate Certificate Programs

Information Security Professional

The Information Security Professional Graduate Certificate focuses on three areas:

Ethical hacking & Countermeasures
Managing Secure Network Systems
Research and Writing

The unique combination of these content areas creates the functional and organizational skill set required to design and direct the implementation of any information security plan. Upon completion of the certificate, the student will possess the ability to build, maintain, test, and communicate a secure structure at every level of the organization.

This certificate provides the framework for the four subsequent certificates and/or the Master of Security Science.

Required Courses

Required courses also prepare students to sit for the corresponding EC-Council certifications.

ECCU 500 Managing Secure Network Systems
ECCU 501 Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures
ECCU 505 Research and Writing for the IT Practitioner

Program Mappings to Certificates

The EC-Council University Graduate Certificate program prepares students to challenge the following industry certification exams:

Job Roles

Ethical hackers
System Administrators
Network Administrators and Engineers
Auditors
Information Assurance (IA) Security Officer
Information Security Analyst/Administrator
Information Security Manager/Specialist
Information Systems Security Engineer/Manager
Security Analyst
Information Security Officers
Information Security Auditors
Risk/Vulnerability Analyst
Network Administrators
Network Security Administrators
Network Security Engineer
Network Defense Technicians
CND Analyst
Security Operator

Admission Requirements

For information about admission requirements, click here.

Pricing

For information about pricing requirements, click here.

Security Analyst

This concentration focuses on testing methods and techniques to effectively identify and mitigate risks to the security of a company’s infrastructure while providing application and network-based security vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and securing wireless networks including authentication, authorization, and encryption in accordance with industry-accepted methods and protocols.

Required Courses

Required courses also prepare students to sit for the corresponding EC-Council certifications.

ECCU 503 Security Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment
ECCU 506 Conducting Penetration and Security Testing
ECCU 509 Securing Wireless Networks

Program Mappings to Certificates

The EC-Council University Graduate Certificate Program prepares students to challenge the following industry certification exam:

Job Roles

Information Security Manager/Specialist
Information Security Auditor
Risk/Vulnerability Analyst/Manager
Information Security Analyst
Penetration Tester
Security Architect
Computer Network Defender
Cybersecurity Defense Analyst
Information Security (IS) Director
Information Assurance (IA) Program Manager
IT Project Manager
Application Security Engineer/Manager
Enterprise Architect
Security Architect
Research & Development Specialist
Systems Requirements Planner
System Testing and Evaluation Specialist
Information Systems Security Developer
Systems Developer
Technical Support Specialist
Network Operations Specialist
System Administrator
Systems Security Analyst
Cyber Defense Analyst
Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support Specialist
Vulnerability Assessment Analyst
Warning Analyst
Exploitation Analyst
All-Source Analyst
Mission Assessment Specialist
Target Developer
Target Network Analyst
Multi-Disciplined Language Analyst
All Source-Collection Manager
All Source-Collection Requirements Manager
Cyber Intel Planner
Cyber Ops Planner
Partner Integration Planner
Cyber Operator
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Security Officer
Chief Security Officer
Information Assurance Security Officer

Admission Requirements

For information about admission requirements, click here.

Prerequisites

ECCU 501: Ethical Hacking must be completed before ECCU 503: Security Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment can be taken.
ECCU 503: Security Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment must be completed before ECCU 506: Conducting Penetration and Security Testing can be taken.

Pricing

For information about pricing requirements, click here.

Enterprise Security Architect

This concentration focuses on planning, analyzing, designing, configuring, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting an organization’s computer and network security infrastructure. It also covers hardening enterprise architecture from the most advanced attacks, secure programming practices to overcome these inherent drawbacks to pre-empt bugs from the code and designing and implementing cloud security.

Required Courses

Required courses also prepare students to sit for the corresponding EC-Council certifications.

ECCU 510 Secure Programming
ECCU 520 Advanced Network Defense
ECCU 524 Designing and Implementing Cloud Security and Security

Program Mappings to Certificates

The EC-Council University Graduate Certificate Program prepares students to challenge the following industry certification exam:

Job Roles

IT analyst
Systems analyst
Computer Network Architect
Enterprise Architect
Security Architect
Systems Requirements Planner
System Testing and Evaluation Specialist
Information Systems Security Developer
Systems Developer
Technical Support Specialist
Network Operations Specialist
System Administrator
Systems Security Analyst
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Security Officer
Chief Security Officer
Information Assurance Security Officer

Admission Requirements

For information about admission requirements, click here.

Prerequisites

ECCU 501: Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures must be completed before ECCU: 520 Advanced Network Defense and ECCU 524: Designing and Implementing Cloud Security and Security can be taken.

Pricing

For information about pricing requirements, click here.

Digital Forensics

This graduate certificate focuses on planning, analyzing, designing, configuring, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting an organization’s computer and network security infrastructure. It also covers hardening enterprise architecture from the most advanced attacks, secure programming practices to overcome these inherent drawbacks to pre-empt bugs from the code and designing and implementing cloud security.

Required Courses

Required courses also prepare students to sit for the corresponding EC-Council certifications.

ECCU 502 Investigating Network Intrusions and Computer Forensics
ECCU 517 Cyber Law
ECCU 521 Advanced Mobile Forensics and Security

Program Mappings to Certificates

The EC-Council University Graduate Certificate Program prepares students to challenge the following industry certification exam:

Job Roles

Forensic Analyst
Cyber Crime Investigator
Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst
Incident Responder
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Security Officer
Chief Security Officer
Information Assurance Security Officer

Admission Requirements

For information about admission requirements, click here.

Prerequisites

ECCU 505: Research and Writing for the IT Practitioner must be completed before ECCU 517: Cyber Law can be taken.
ECCU 501: Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures and ECCU 502: Investigating Network Intrusions and Computer Forensics must be completed before ECCU 521: Advanced Mobile Forensics and Security can be taken.

Pricing

For information about pricing requirements, click here.

Incident Management and Business Continuity

This concentration focuses on handling and responding to various security incidents, identifying vulnerabilities and taking appropriate countermeasures to prevent information failure risks, and the skills to identify, structure, forecast, envision, design, plan, implement, account for, and lead a team through change that has been strategically planned to advance the organization.

Required Courses

Required courses also prepare students to sit for the corresponding EC-Council certifications.

ECCU 512 Beyond Business Continuity: Managing Organizational Change
ECCU 513 Disaster Recovery
ECCU 522 Incident Handling and Response

Program Mappings to Certificates

The EC-Council University Graduate Certificate Program prepares students to challenge the following industry certification exam:

Job Roles

Director/Manager – Business Continuity
Information Assurance (IA) Program Manager
IT Project Manager
Disaster Recovery Analyst/Manager
Director/Manager – Business Continuity
Cyber Defense Incident Responder
Incident Handler
Incident Manager
Incident Responder
Disaster Recovery Program Manager
Disaster Recovery Analyst
IT Disaster Recovery Analyst
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Security Officer
Chief Security Officer
Information Assurance Security Officer

Admission Requirements

For information about admission requirements, click here.

Prerequisites

ECCU 505: Research and Writing for the IT Practitioner must be completed before ECCU 512: Beyond Business Continuity – Managing Organizational Change can be taken.
ECCU 501: Ethical Hacking and must be completed before ECCU 522: Incident Handling and Response can be taken.

Pricing

For information about pricing requirements, click here.

Executive Leadership in Information Assurance

This graduate certificate focuses on providing the fundamental skills that are needed to understand global leadership concepts, bring together all the components required for a C-Level position, and providing students with the knowledge of how to manage IT security projects to enhance the success rate for both organizations and IT managers.

Required Courses

Required courses also prepare students to sit for the corresponding EC-Council certifications.

ECCU 511 Global Business Leadership
ECCU 523 Executive Governance and Management
ECCU 515 Project Management in IT Security

Program Mappings to Certificates

The EC-Council University Graduate Certificate Program prepares students to challenge the following industry certification exam:

or

Note: In order to qualify to sit for the CCISO Exam, candidates must have five years of experience in each of the 5 CCISO domains verified via the Exam Eligibility Application.

Job Roles

IT Project Manager
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Security Officer
Chief Security Officer
Information Assurance Security Officer

Admission Requirements

For information about admission requirements, click here.

Prerequisites

ECCU 505: Research and Writing for the IT Practitioner must be completed before ECCU 511: Global Business Leadership can be taken.
ECCU 501: Ethical Hacking and must be completed before ECCU 523: Executive Governance and Management can be taken.

Pricing

For information about pricing requirements, click here.

Graduate Certificate Program Requirements

Application Fees

The application fee is $65.00 USD and is non-refundable.

Documentation

Documents should be uploaded in the proper area within the online application form.

Required

Official Identification

Include a clear scan of your government-issued identification.

We will accept:

U.S. applicants

Driver’s license
State-issued ID card
U.S. Passport

International applicants

Official Government ID
Driver’s license
Passport

Proof of Bachelor’s Degree

U.S. applicants

Optional– Unofficial transcript included in application.
Upload a copy of your transcript on the admissions application. This will expedite the admissions process, allowing you to begin classes while we wait on the arrival of your official transcripts.

Required– Official transcripts
Contact the University where you earned your Bachelor’s degree and request that they send your official transcripts. Official transcripts must be sent to:

ATTN: Registrar
EC-Council University
101 C Sun Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA

International applicants

Include a scan of your university transcript on the admissions application.

Some international transcripts can be evaluated in-house. If our internal evaluator can evaluate your transcripts, then you will not need to obtain a NACES evaluation. If you would prefer that your transcripts are evaluated in-house, you will need to contact the university where you earned your Bachelor’s degree and request that they send your official transcript. We must receive an official transcript to complete the admissions process. All documents, written and issued in a foreign language, must have a certified English translation attached.

Official transcripts must be sent to
ATTN: Registrar
EC-Council University
101 C Sun Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA

If our evaluator cannot evaluate your transcript, you must have the transcript evaluated by an evaluator who is a member of NACES. You must choose an evaluator who is a member of NACES to complete the evaluation. A list of evaluators can be found on the NACES website: https://www.naces.org/members.html. The evaluator must send the results of the evaluation directly to ECCU.

Official evaluation results must be sent directly to:
ATTN: Registrar
EC-Council University
101 C Sun Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA

English Proficiency

U.S. applicants

No proof required

International applicants

There are several ways to show proof that you meet the English requirement.

If your degree is earned in a country where English is the official language, then you do not need to provide additional proof. For example, if your degree was earned in the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, or Nigeria.
If English was the language of instruction at the university where you earned your Bachelor’s degree, then you can provide a letter from the institution stating that English was the language of instruction, and/or you can also request that the NACES evaluator state the language of instruction on the degree evaluation.

Here is a list of countries where higher education is commonly conducted in English:

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Namibia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

You can show English proficiency by taking a recognized English proficiency test.
Official TOEFL PBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Paper-Based Test) score of 550 or better;
OR Official TOEFL IBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) score of 71 or better;
OR Official IELTS (International English Language Test) score of 6.5 or better.

Qualification

In order to qualify for admission to the MSCS or the graduate certificate program at EC-Council University, all enrolling students must be 18 years of age and have earned a Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or better.

Students whose undergraduate degrees are not in or related to the subject of information technology will be further evaluated based on work experience in the field and/or certifications achieved in information technology prior to an admission decision.

Applicants who have been denied admission may appeal the decision to the Dean.

Q. What is a graduate certificate program?

Ans. An online graduate certificate program is a short-term specialized course designed for students to offer them a compiled learning of a master’s degree over 3 to 6 months. EC-Council University offers graduate certificate programs in 6 different specializations — Information Security Professional, Security Analyst, Enterprise Security Architect, Digital Forensics, Incident Management, and Business Continuity and Executive Leadership in Information Assurance.

Q. What is the difference between a degree and a graduate certificate program?

Ans. EC-Council University’s master’s degree has 5 specializations with 12 courses each and takes about two years to complete. On the other hand, Graduate Certificate Programs have 6 specialized courses that takes over 3 to 6 months to complete. A Graduate Certificate Program in cybersecurity draws from the specialization and core cybersecurity courses from the Master of Science in Cybersecurity.

Q. How can I do a graduate certificate program?

Ans. Cyber aspirants who are looking can pursue a Graduate Certificate Program from EC-Council University. Each program can be completed in 3 to 6 years. As an additional bonus, after completing the graduate certificate program, the candidate can transfer earned credits towards a degree at the university, thus saving both time and money.

Q. What jobs can I get after doing a graduate certificate program?

Ans. EC-Council University’s Graduate Certificate Programs have been designed to focus on proficiencies required by a cybersecurity professional to secure high-level jobs. Some of the job roles one can apply for after completing their graduate certificate program are: Ethical Hacker, Information Assurance (IA) Security Officer, Network Security Engineer, Cyber Defense Analyst, and more.