Cybersecurity vs Network and Systems Security: which security course?

Cybersecurity (Computer Science 270) covers security as a whole: threats, operating systems, web and cloud, identity and access, incident response, governance and penetration testing. Network and Systems Security (Computer Science 252) stays with networks and systems: risk, policy, cryptography, firewalls, wireless, VPNs, access control and IDS/IPS. Both cover cryptography, access control and incident response, and both have online lab lessons.

Cybersecurity: ACE recommends 3 semester hours, ACE ID UPIS-0024, and NCCRS recommends 3 as well. Network and Systems Security carries an NCCRS recommendation only: 3 semester hours in Cybersecurity or Information Technology.

Yes. They are two separate courses with their own codes, and neither lists a prerequisite. Cybersecurity gives the wide view; Network and Systems Security adds wireless hardening, perimeter defense and configuration management. Ask your school which requirement each one meets.

Cybersecurity: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Cybersecurity among other subjects; ACE recommends 3 (ACE ID UPIS-0024). Network and Systems Security: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Cybersecurity among other subjects.

Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity, Computer Science, and related courses of study in Emergency Management, Intelligence Studies, or International Studies. Network and Systems Security: Cybersecurity or Information Technology. Your college decides which requirement each one fills.

Cybersecurity is longer by its syllabus. Cybersecurity: 12 chapters and 67 instructional hours. Network and Systems Security: 9 chapters and 57.5 instructional hours. Both are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

No prerequisites are listed for Cybersecurity and Network and Systems Security, so the order is up to you and your program.

Both have the same kind of final: 100 multiple-choice questions.

A pass is 70 or more. The grading scale on your UPI Study transcript shows how 70 maps to a letter grade; for most colleges it is a C.

On upistudy.com: the Cybersecurity syllabus opens after a free sign-in. It lists all 12 chapters, the grading and the credit recommendation, so you can send it to your registrar.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar which courses Computer Science 270 and 252 would count as. For the registrar: Cybersecurity's NCCRS recommendation lists Cybersecurity and Network and Systems Security's NCCRS recommendation lists Cybersecurity.