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PATH Part-time Programs

PATH is our part-time cybersecurity program. Learn to hack and keep your day job. This immersive program allows you to choose either an analytical or engineering path of curriculum. Develop the skills you need for a wide range of cybersecurity careers. Due to the open choice style of the curriculum, this program is equally recommended for those with technical and analytical backgrounds.
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Transformational curriculum

Our PATH curriculum will prepare you to either hack and defend or set traps and catch threats, all while keeping your day job. You will learn cybersecurity theory and application through real-world lab environments paired with industry-grade curriculum. The PATH Program offers the choice of either an engineering or an analytical path, in a part-time evening schedule, allowing you to choose the direction your education will take you.

Shared Courses

Learning Outcomes
Core network security
Basic network protocols
Attacks on basic technology

Network Security

Learning Outcomes
Core system security
Key desktop OS
Key mobile OS

System Security

Learning Outcomes
Security monitoring
Threat ID & response
Crisis management

SIEM Admin

Learning Outcomes
Threat intelligence overview
Threat creation
Threat consumption

Threat Intelligence

Learning Outcomes
Engaging the enterprise
Delivering system security
Plans and policies

GRC

Engineering Courses

Learning Outcomes
SQL, logins, authentication
LAMP Stacks and cookies
APIs, SOAP, REST

Application Security

Learning Outcomes
Advanced system security
Standard attacks
Payloads, malware & more

Advanced Systems

Learning Outcomes
Core crypto primitives
Encryption & authentication
High-level security protocols

Cryptography

Analytics Courses

Learning Outcomes
Reconnaissance and patching
Advanced intrusion detection
Digital forensic investigation

Incident Response

Learning Outcomes
Logging & database management
Agent deployment & configuration
Alarm management

Advanced SIEM

Learning Outcomes
Team methods and tools
Threat ID & surveillance
Data & tracking

Hunt Skills

8

With 8 engineering or analytics courses in this program, you will develop a solid skill set for cyber.

36

Learn to hack and defend networks or catch threats in just 36 transformational weeks.

576

Get 576 hours of immersive curriculum, hands-on skill building and product training.

PATH faculty

The PATH Program employs industry experts from multiple cybersecurity domains in addition to seasoned academics. Our dynamic instructors teach from their own rich career experience, deepening the curriculum with tips, tricks, and skills that are real and applicable in today’s world.

3

Days a Week

288

Instruction Hours

288

Lab Hours

Do you have what it takes?

Personal Attributes

Successful PATH students share some of the following traits: curious nature, proficient multitaskers, leaders, detail-oriented mindsets, communicators.

Technical Experience

Either a technical or analytical background is helpful for this program, depending on if the engineering or analytical path of curriculum is chosen.

Education

We place a higher value on technical and analytical ability over formal education. Network engineering certifications as well as a degree in business, humanities, technology or mathematics are helpful in this program.

Career paths

There’s a lot of opportunity in the cybersecurity industry! Learn more about the types of careers that you’ll be able to secure after graduation from the SecureSet PATH program. Study the roles and responsibilities of each career path and then decide what’s right for you.