Faculty share curriculum updates and student employment readiness. Members of industry share current trends, new technologies, and hiring practices. Program and curriculum updates are the focus of the board's work. The board is a mix of business leaders, students, faculty, and other college leaders and meets semi-annually. The Cyber Defense program is guided by an advisory board.

Ryan Brovold, Ph.D., Cyber Defense Program Coordinator.

Cybersecurity Certificate (15 credits) - Online or in-person.Cyber Defense Advanced Technical Certificate (28 credits) - Online or in-person.Cyber Defense AAS degree (60 credits) - Online or in-person.Other industry certifications are also available such as CompTIA Network+, CompTIA A+, and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). We prepare our students for the following industry certifications: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker, RedHat Certified System Administrator. We are a RedHat Academy, a Cisco Academy, and a Palo Alto Academy and use the corresponding official curriculum. degree in CyberDefense which is validated by the National Security Agency (NSA). Hennepin Technical College offers an A.A.S. Feel free to use the resources on this page to stay current on cyber security news as well as finding resources to help protect you and your assets. The Information Technology and Cyber Defense department at HTC wants to help educate our local communities about cyber threats and how to respond. Sunde told TT that the money would be placed in a company outside Swedish borders and it would be used for Internet projects other than downloading sites.It is important to become cyber-aware and protect you, your family, and your business against ever-growing cyber threats. Swedish News Agency TT cited one of the founders, Peter Sunde, as saying that the money would not go directly to him or any of the others sentenced in April. The website made world headlines in April when the three Swedish founders and a financial backer were each sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to pay a combined $3.6 million in damages for breaching copyright law with the free downloading site, which was one of the biggest sites of its kind on the Internet. Global Gaming Factory X AB, which operates Internet cafes and provides software, said Tuesday that it had agreed to buy Pirate Bay for 60 million Swedish crowns ($7.7 million). Pirate Bay co-founders Fredrik Neij (L), Gottfrid Svartholm (C) and Peter Sunde leave the city court after the last day of argument's in their copyright trial in Stockholm, March 3, 2009.

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