Texas
A&M University at Qatar and the Executive Education Centre, part of
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, are collaborating to offer a new
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity certificate programme.
The programme
will cover topics related to the fundamental concepts behind modern
cryptographic systems and how they can be employed to secure data and
private communications.
Attendees will learn about the collection
and analysis of open-source and publicly available information, white
hacking techniques for stealth collection, methodologies for the
evaluation and validation of sources of open and publicly available
information.
This programme will demonstrate how to conduct
penetration testing and forensic investigations, allowing users and
administrators to configure computers in order to stop cyber-attacks, or
at least minimise their negative impact.
It will also cover the
basics of wireless networks and show principal attacks on a wireless
network involving the three components of the confidentiality,
integrity, and accessibility triads.
Understanding this material
will allow the user or administrator to build countermeasures in order
to protect the wireless network.
“By practising HBKU’s core value of
building synergetic relationships, we aim to partner with premier
academic institutions around the world to build progressive education
models in Qatar.
By analysing the Qatari market needs for training
in cybersecurity and prudently working with our partner Texas A&M
University at Qatar, we seek to provide this programme in cybersecurity
that caters to increasing local demand for tailored training modules and
courses in this field,” said, Rodolphe A Boughaba HBKU’s Executive
Education Centre’s executive director
The course will be offered in
four modules: Penetration Testing and Forensics, March 25-27; Mobile and
Wireless Security, April 1-3; Open Source Intelligence in Cyberspace,
April 8-10; and Applied Cryptography and Data Privacy, April 17-19.
All
modules will be held from 4 to 8 pm in Education City. Participants
will receive a certificate after the completion of all four modules and a
certificate of completion will also be presented to attendees at the
end of each individual module.
Dr Cesar O Malave, dean of Texas
A&M at Qatar, said, “Continuing education courses offer great value
for local working professionals, and Texas A&M at Qatar and our
partners at HBKU are uniquely positioned to offer this advanced training
to enhance the workforce in Qatar.
Through continuing education
courses such as the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity programme, industry
professionals can apply their newly gained knowledge and skills
immediately on the job and increase their value to their employers.”
