Cybersecurity Bootcamp

No matter where you’re starting from, Prework is meant to build your foundational knowledge and prepare you for success in the course. Learn to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and ChatGPT to assist with various concepts and tasks.

Everyone starts out learning the fundamentals of Cybersecurity. You’ll learn about network security components, such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi, and explore systems security with concepts such as operating systems architecture and system exploits. Learn to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and ChatGPT to assist with various concepts and tasks.

Next, you’ll be briefed on military principles of intelligence analysis and the concept of cyber warfare. You’ll cover a range of topics on securing the modern enterprise from outside threats including governance, risk management, and compliance. Learn to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and ChatGPT to assist with various concepts and tasks.

Python and engineering solutions are up next. You’ll use basic coding and analysis to create Python scripts and automation and learn to analyze logs in various network devices. Learn to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and ChatGPT to assist with various concepts and tasks.

After developing coding skills, you’ll use your new knowledge to perform penetration testing for vulnerabilities in applications and network security resources. Learn to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and ChatGPT to assist with various concepts and tasks.

Next, you’ll learn the components of cryptography with hands-on experience configuring a web server with SSL/TLS, interfacing with Certificate Authorities, issuing certificates, and securely configuring SSH. Learn to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and ChatGPT to assist with various concepts and tasks.

The course finishes out with a scenario capstone activity. You’ll use everything you’ve learned to work through the particulars along multiple paths and prepare to highlight it in your professional portfolio. Learn to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and ChatGPT to assist with various concepts and tasks.

On-campus programs are held full-time and you are expected to be on campus for each day of class. The Flex and Live program uses the same curriculum, but gives you the added flexibility of studying from home.

Cybersecurity engineering — sometimes called information security engineering or data security engineering, among other things — is the discipline of protecting devices, services, and networks from malicious digital attacks.

A cybersecurity engineer also designs and implements secure networks and ensures that the network and its attendant resources are protected from cyber-attacks.

Security engineers also regularly test and monitor security systems to ensure they are up to date and functioning properly. Organizations and/or individuals hire these engineers to help protect organizational data, sensitive and confidential information, financial/transactional information, and the reputation of the organization as a whole.

The responsibilities of a cybersecurity engineer have a lot of overlap with cybersecurity analysts, who are also tasked with protecting sensitive information.

Their main responsibilities vary, but often fall along these lines:

• Implementing security measures and infrastructure to protect organizational data and resources
• Ensuring adequate security measures and protocols are in place
• Troubleshooting network and security issues
• Testing and identifying network vulnerabilities
• Responding to security breaches with their SOC team comprised of cybersecurity analysts, pen testers, security consultants, cyber threat analysts, and sometimes compliance analysts.

Learn more about the responsibilities of a cybersecurity engineer and the cybersecurity programming languages they use, and other cyber skills they need.

Learn more about becoming a cybersecurity engineer.

We get asked this a lot — and it’s a great question — and encourage you to think about what you mean by “worth it.” If “worth it,” to you, means attending a cybersecurity engineering bootcamp, learning the skills you need to become a cybersecurity engineer, and landing a job as one, then yes, good cyber engineering bootcamps are certainly worth it.

In fact, that’s what most bootcamps set out to help you do — and the best ones will indeed help you get there.

But if you’re simply looking to brush up on your cybersecurity knowledge without a goal to work in cyber, then a full-time or part-time bootcamp would not end up being worth it for you.

If you’re looking to join the cybersecurity field professionally, though, it’s a growing and lucrative field — and the best bootcamps can help you break into it.

Read more about whether or not cybersecurity bootcamps are worth it for you and your goals.

Our Cybersecurity Engineering program teaches people with some technical experience the skills they need to succeed in entry-level cybersecurity roles like security engineer, security analyst, and security consultant.

Strong candidates for our Cybersecurity Engineering program are detail-oriented with creative problem-solving skills. Candidates should have some working knowledge of programming languages and familiarity with Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems. Technical ability is valued over formal education, though network engineering certifications or degrees in technology, math, or science are helpful. Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent.

The first step is to fill out a written application. Once submitted, you should hear back from our Admissions team within 2 business days regarding the next step. If your application is chosen to move forward, you will be invited to schedule a video call with a member of the admissions team to better understand your learning needs, career goals, and whether the program is the right fit for you. After this point, students receive an admissions decision within a few business days. For some programs, students must complete a technical interview when applying.

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