Education That Employers Need
Knowledge Units are tightly targeted technology areas composed of a set of topics to be covered and expected student outcomes and masteries. They are the fundamentals building blocks upon which the CAE in IACD rests. Although nearly 70 KUs are defined, fewer than two dozens need to be referenced by four-year institutions and less than a dozen by community colleges to meet minimum mapping requirements for their CAE designations. The full set of KUs fall into four categories: Foundational, Technical Core, Non-Technical Core and Optional Knowledge Units.
Foundational KU
Technical Core KU
Non-Technical Core KU
Optional KU
- Advanced Algorithms
- Advanced Cryptography
- Advanced Network Technology and Protocols
- Algorithms
- Analog Telecommunications
- Basic Cyber Operations
- Cloud Computing
- Cyber Crime
- Cybersecurity Ethics
- Data Administration
- Data Structures
- Database Management Systems
- Databases
- Device Forensics
- Digital Communications
- Digital Forensics
- Embedded Systems
- Forensic Accounting
- Formal Methods
- Fraud Prevention and Management
- Hardware Reverse Engineering
- Hardware/Firmware Security
- Host Forensics
- IA Architectures
- IA Compliance
- IA Standards
- Independent/Directed Study/Research
- Industrial Control Systems
- Introduction to Theory of Computation
- Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems
- Life-Cycle Security
- Linux System Administration
- Low Level Programming
- Media Forensics
- Mobile Technologies
- Network Forensics
- Network Security Administration
- Network Technology and Protocols
- Operating Systems Administration
- Operating Systems Hardening
- Operating Systems Theory
- Penetration Testing
- Privacy
- QA/Functional Testing
- Radio Frequency Principles
- Secure Programming Practices
- Software Assurance
- Software Reverse Engineering
- Software Security Analysis
- Supply Chain Security
- Systems Certification and Accreditation
- Systems Programming
- Systems Security Engineering
- Virtualization Technologies
- Vulnerability Analysis
- Web Application Security
- Windows System Administration
- Wireless Sensor Networks