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With an increase in cybersecurity threats and a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, now is the perfect time to strengthen your knowledge and set yourself apart.
- Add a Stanford certificate to your resumé
- Qualify toward maintaining your (ISC)² certifications, such as CISSP
- Listen to Stanford faculty and cybersecurity leaders of industry
- Understand and apply the foundational principles of cybersecurity
- Complete the program 100% online, on your own time
Our Advanced Cybersecurity Program is designed for busy professionals looking to learn real-world applications of how to protect networks, secure electronic assets, prevent attacks, ensure the privacy of customers, and build secure infrastructures.
Our Cybersecurity Graduate Program provides a professional, technical and policy view of the challenges created by rapid advancements in information technology. Earn graduate credit while examining principles of computer systems security, including attack protection and prevention.
Program Highlights
Learn 100% online
Access content on your computer, phone, or tablet anywhere with an internet connection.
Progress at your own pace
Don't stress—all courses are self-paced so that you can fit learning around your busy life.
Get credit
Earn Continuing Education Units (CEU) and, in some cases, qualify for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits
Earn a Stanford certificate
Complete six courses, one required and five electives, to earn a Stanford Certificate of Achievement
Featured Courses Included in the Program (6 Total)
Foundations of Information Security
Learn from experts in the field on how to achieve basic security objectives by using secure systems and design principles.
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Graduate or Professional?
Time Commitment
Achievement
Classmate Interactions
Cost
Graduate Certificate Courses
90–120 hours per course
Earn up to 18 units of academic credit that may contribute to a certificate or a degree
Frequent collaboration with other students taking courses at the same time
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Professional Certificate Courses
10–12 hours per course
Earn a certificate, or 1 Continuing Education Unit per course completed within the certificate program.
Potential to connect with other participants through private social media groups
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Featured Program Courses
Foundations of Information Security
Professional
Hear from experts in the field on how to achieve basic security objectives by using secure systems and design principles.
Cybersecurity and Executive Strategy
Professional
Learn how to explain to all levels of management, including both technical and non-technical, why cybersecurity and risk mitigation should be a priority for corporate strategy.
Writing Secure Code
Professional
Explore techniques that systems and applications programmers can use to write new code securely, as well as to find and mitigate vulnerabilities in existing code.
Introduction to the Internet of Things
Graduate
Stanford faculty deliver an overview of exciting and relevant technical areas essential to professionals in the IoT industry.
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies
Graduate
Explore the technical aspects of engineering secure software, system interactions with crypto-currencies, and distributed consensus for reliability.
Introduction to Cryptography
Graduate
Gain an introduction to basic theory and practice of cryptographic techniques, including the inner workings of cryptographic primitives.
Featured Instructors
Neil Daswani
Co-Director of the Advanced Cybersecurity Program
Cybersecurity Industry Expert
John Mitchell
Chair of the Computer Science Department
Professor of Computer Science
Dan Boneh
Co-Director of the Advanced Cybersecurity Program
Professor of Computer Science
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