| curriculum | Modality | App deadline | timeline | start terms |
| Advanced Certificate |
On-Campus, early evenings; Online |
Rolling Admission | 12-24 months: full-time or part-time | Fall, Spring, Summer |
Siena's Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management four-course graduate certification program will prepare students to develop and implement risk governance and control environment frameworks to increase corporate control safeguards for individuals, departments, and organizations.
Siena's certificate offers a specialized, interdisciplinary approach to cybersecurity that examines the field through the lenses of ethics, communications, risk management, compliance law, data analytics and organizational change.
The Four Required Courses Are:
- Cybersecurity and Oversight of Information System Security
- Data Security, Privacy and Ethics in Cybersecurity
- Digital Forensics & Assisted Investigations
- Data Mining and Predictive Analytics or AI in Business
The program is designed to fit the schedules of working professionals. The 12 credits required to earn this certificate can be applied toward the University's AACSB-accredited Master of Science in Accountancy or Master of Business Administration.
THE PROGRAM WILL EXPOSE STUDENTS TO THE LATEST BEST PRACTICES IN CYBERSECURITY THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH INDUSTRY EXPERTS. STUDENTS WILL GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING AND EXECUTING INTEGRATED STRATEGIES, POLICIES, AND SAFEGUARDS TO MANAGE RISKS ACROSS AN ORGANIZATION.”
Application Requirements
Brief personal essay indicating the reason you are pursuing your chosen graduate program and your intended long-term goals (submitted online with your application). Need some tips?
Include employment history, certificate or licenses held, volunteer/extracurricular activities, leadership roles, honors/awards and education history (submitted online with your application).
Official Transcripts are required from all post-secondary institutions which you have earned college credit. Unofficial copies may be uploaded for the purpose of application review, but official copies are required prior to enrollment.
Also, if you earned your undergraduate degree outside of the United States, an evaluated transcript is required by a recognized member of The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES.) Our preferred evaluators are World Education Services, Inc. or Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
Transcripts and evaluations should be emailed directly to our registrar at transcriptreceiving@siena.edu or mailed to the address below:
Siena University
Registrar's Office
515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
Official TOEFL, IELTS or DUOLINGO Test Scores are required from international students whose native language is not English. All English examination scores are considered valid up to two years after the testing date. Certificates of Instruction may be considered if English was the medium of instruction for undergraduate studies.
Accepted tests and minimum scores:
TOEFL - 79
IELTS - 6.5
DUOLINGO - 115
Official Test Results should be sent electronically to graduateadmissions@siena.edu or mailed directly to:
Siena University
Registrar's Office
515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
