The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) jointly sponsor the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) program. In defining the standards for education in this domain, they have established certain knowledge units (KUs) to support certified programs.
Click here to view the standard syllabi for many of the courses listed here.
| KU | Knowledge Unit Name | Course(s) that covered this KU |
Required Knowledge Units |
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| BCY | Basic Cryptography | CS 03.351: Cyber Security: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications AND CS 09.427: Principles of Network Security |
| BNW | Basic Networking | CST 09.210: Introduction To Computer Networks And Data Communications OR CS 09.410: Data Communications And Networking CS 09.427: Principles of Network Security |
| BSP | Basic Scripting and Programming |
CS 04.215: Computer Laboratory Techniques AND |
| CSF | Cybersecurity Foundations | CS 03.351: Cyber Security: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications AND INTR 01265: Computers and Society |
| CSP | Cybersecurity Principles | CS 03.351: Cyber Security: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications |
| ISC | IT System Components | CS 03.351: Cyber Security: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications AND CS 09.427: Principles of Network Security |
| NDF | Network Defense | CS 09.427: Principles of Network Security |
| OSC | Operating Systems Concepts | CS 06.395: Operating Systems |
Optional Knowledge Units |
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| ALG | Algorithms | CS 04.222: Data Structures And Algorithms AND CS 07.340: Design And Analysis Of Algorithms |
| CPM | Cybersecurity Planning and Management | CS 10.344: Concepts of Computing Technologies |
| CSE | Cybersecurity Ethics | INTR 01.266: Computers and Society |
| CTH | Cyber Threats | CS 07.351: Cyber Security: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications |
| DAT | Databases | CS 04.430: Database Systems: Theory And Programming OR CS 10.337 Applied Database Techniques |
| DMS | Database Management Systems | CS 04.430: Database Systems: Theory And Programming OR CS 10.337 Applied Database Techniques |
| DST | Data Structures |
CS 04.113: Introduction To Object Oriented Programming AND |
| IAS | IA Standards | CS 07.351: Cyber Security: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications AND INTR 01.266: Computers and Society |
| ITC | Introduction to the Theory of Computing |
CS 07.210: Foundations of Computer Science |
| LLP | Low-Level Programming | CS 06.205: Computer Organization CS 01.205: Introduction To Computer Networks And Data Communications |
| NWF | Network Forensics | CS 06.417: Principles of Network Security |
| NTP | Network Technology and Protocols | CS 01.210: Introduction To Computer Networks And Data Communications OR CS 06.410: Data Communications And Networking OR CS 06.417: Principles of Network Security |
| OSH | Operating System Hardening | CS 06.417: Principles of Network Security |
| OST | Operating Systems Theory | CS 04.390: Operating Systems |
| SRA | Security Risk Analysis | CS 10.344: Concepts of Computing Technologies |
| SPG | Systems Programming | CS 04.113: Introduction To Object Oriented Programming AND CS 06.205: Computer Organization AND CS 04.390: Operating Systems AND CS 06.417: Principles of Network Security AND (CS 06.410 Data Communications and Networking OR CS 01.210 Introduction to Computer Networks and Data Communications) |