Associate in Arts (A.A.) Degree in Cybersecurity

De Anza College

The A.A. degree program offers students the opportunity to study information security principles and theories that focus on asset protection. In this program, students learn network security basics, security policies and procedures, network monitoring and risk analysis and assessment based on network security. Students in this program can pursue either a general course of study or a concentration. Graduates find employment in general public or private management, federal or local government civil service, military service, law enforcement and private security.Upon completion, students will be able toDescribe network components, protocols, architectures and the application of current communication and networking technologiesDefine properties of all modern network typesDetermine, at a more advanced level, how to detect and stop security breaches in network and application layerHelp organizations increase awareness of security policies and procedures

Business, Computer Science and Applied Technologies Division