NSITE Cybersecurity Program

NSITE Foundations of Cybersecurity

The NSITE Foundations of Cybersecurity virtual training program contains two courses. NSITE’s Introduction to Cybersecurity and Cybersecurity Essentials. This course is offered in partnership with CISCO and provides blind and low-vision participants with the knowledge and experience needed to build a foundation of cybersecurity basics and learn valuable security principles to defend networks.

Cybersecurity professionals who can protect and defend an organization’s network are in high demand.

All NSITE programs are adapted for the learning styles of blind and low-vision learners. All may apply. However, qualified applicants who are blind or have low vision receive enrollment preference.

Program Start Date: February 6, 2024

Tuition: $2500.00

Tuition includes 15 hours of self-paced online learning and 10 weeks of instructor-led coursework.

Participants Learn:

Through the course of the two program components outlined below, participants will learn cybersecurity basics and valuable security principles to defend networks.

1. Introduction to Cybersecurity – Self-paced Online Modules
   Develop cybersecurity basic skills to protect your personal digital life and gain insights into the biggest security challenges companies, governments, and educational institutions face today.
2. Cybersecurity Essentials – vILT with a CISCO-Certified Instructor
   This course covers essential knowledge for all cybersecurity domains including information security, systems security, network security, ethics and laws, and defense and mitigation techniques used in protecting businesses.

Pre-requisite: Successful completion of IT Essentials; or Demonstrated understanding of computer networks.

Achievement: NSITE Digital Badge: Cybersecurity

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