The IT and Cybersecurity Policy Certificate program will not be admitting new students for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Program Description
This certificate provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to adapt and respond to security risks. Students develop skills to implement security processes along with preparing for business resilience and continuity based on unplanned enterprise disasters. This certificate focuses on management strategies to mitigate cyber breaches and enforce technology security policies.
Mission
The mission of the IT and Cybersecurity Policy Certificate is to address the integration of security and compliance issues related to electronic user data and enterprise usage. This certificate provides the foundation to develop and manage security issues and policies. The approach is consistent will the philosophy of graduate education at La Salle.
Program Goals
- Prepare student to assess organizational security policies, plans and procedures and implementations
- Prepare students to develop compliance programs related legislation cybersecurity legislation
- Prepare students to manage IT and cybersecurity processes
Program Specific Information
This certificate may be applied as an option for the M.S. Computer Information Science, M.S. Cybersecurity or M.S. Economic Crime Forensics programs.
The IT and Cybersecurity Policy Certificate program will not be admitting new students for the 2025-2026 academic year.
The IT and Cybersecurity Policy Certificate program will not be admitting new students for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Degree or Certificate Earned
Certificate
Required for Program Completion
The IT and Cybersecurity Policy Certificate program will not be admitting new students for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Develop, propose, plan and manage an organization’s security policies
- Identify federal and global legislation related to security and security threats
- Develop corporate plans for mitigating business disruptions and disasters
The IT and Cybersecurity Policy Certificate program will not be admitting new students for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Academic Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CIS 619 | Crisis Management and Business Continuity | 3 |
| CYB 612 | Ethics, Issues, and Government Regulations | 3 |
| CYB 644 | Information Security | 3 |
| CYB 652 | Leadership Assessment and Evaluation | 3 |
| ECF 625 | Litigation Support Practices and Procedures | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
The IT and Cybersecurity Policy Certificate program will not be admitting new students for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Course Sequence
Plan of Study Grid
| First Semester |
|---|
| CIS 619 |
Crisis Management and Business Continuity |
3 |
| CYB 644 |
Information Security |
3 |
| | Credits | 6 |
| Second Semester |
|---|
| CYB 612 |
Ethics, Issues, and Government Regulations |
3 |
| ECF 625 |
Litigation Support Practices and Procedures |
3 |
| | Credits | 6 |
| Third Semester |
|---|
| CYB 652 |
Leadership Assessment and Evaluation |
3 |
| | Credits | 3 |
| | Total Credits | 15 |
Faculty
Director: Yang Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professors: Blum, Redmond, Wang
Assistant Professors: Yin
Lecturers: Casey, McCoey, Monahan, Walters, Zikmund
Program Contact Information
IT and Cybersecurity Policy Certificate
Holroyd Hall, Suite 123
gradcis@lasalle.edu
(215) 951-1222
Staff Contact Information
Yang Wang, Ph.D.
Program Director
Holroyd Hall, Suite 123
wang@lasalle.edu
(215) 951-1222