Associate of Science in Infrastructure Security (Merritt College) in Oakland United States | Peralta Community College District

The Infrastructure Security Program equips students with best practices and skills to design, deploy, and maintain secure systems and applications. Participants learn to manage and enhance security infrastructure while ensuring regulatory compliance, preventing threats, detecting breaches, conducting investigations, and responding to security incidents. The program covers vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, risk analysis, forensic examinations, and security representation on project teams to uphold security standards.
Students engage in security research, infrastructure design evaluation for policy compliance, assessment of new technologies to counter evolving threats, and creation of robust security protocols.
Career Paths
Infrastructure Security Specialist, Infrastructure Security Analyst