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Security & Defense Policy

University of New Haven

Bachelor's Degree

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Locations

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  • West Haven, Connecticut

    300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, Connecticut, 06516-1916

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingActive ListeningMonitoringWritingSpeakingSystems EvaluationQuality Control Analysis

Knowledge

Computers and ElectronicsEngineering and TechnologyEnglish LanguageTelecommunicationsCustomer and Personal Service

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionOral ExpressionDeductive ReasoningInformation OrderingSpeech RecognitionProblem SensitivityInductive ReasoningNear VisionWritten Expression

Tasks

  • Identify security system weaknesses, using penetration tests.
  • Coordinate monitoring of networks or systems for security breaches or intrusions.
  • Assess the quality of security controls, using performance indicators.

Technology

Internet directory services softwareCloud-based management softwareData base user interface and query softwareExpert system softwareOperating system software
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Match confidence: medium15-1299.05Information Security Engineerstitle_inference———
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: proficient (Level 3)(based on Bachelor's Degree)

  • Enterprise penetration testing programs — independently design and lead comprehensive red-team exercises across complex multi-cloud and on-premise infrastructures, producing executive and technical findings.
  • Security monitoring architecture — autonomously evaluate and tune SIEM rules, IDS signatures, and alert thresholds to ensure accurate detection across high-volume enterprise networks.
  • Advanced breach investigations — lead forensic examination of sophisticated security incidents, reconstructing attack timelines, quantifying damage, and coordinating evidence preservation for legal proceedings.
  • Security software development — architect and implement custom security tooling, scripts, and automation pipelines that integrate with existing DevSecOps workflows to enforce continuous compliance.
  • Response and recovery frameworks — design organization-wide incident response plans covering containment, eradication, and business-continuity restoration for diverse threat scenarios.
  • Security control effectiveness analysis — apply systems evaluation techniques to assess end-to-end control performance, identifying systemic gaps and driving targeted remediation roadmaps.
  • Information security policy authorship — draft comprehensive security standards, baselines, and procedures that align technical controls with regulatory requirements such as NIST, ISO 27001, or SOC 2.
  • Telecommunications and network security design — engineer secure network segmentation, VPN architectures, and zero-trust access controls for geographically distributed organizations.
  • Expert system and risk management platforms — configure and leverage risk-scoring tools to model threat scenarios, producing quantitative risk assessments that guide investment decisions.
  • Cross-functional security consultation — advise product, DevOps, and legal teams on security trade-offs during system design reviews, integrating security requirements into project lifecycles from inception.

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