COURSE CODE: 8496

Cybersecurity in Manufacturing, Advanced

SCED Code: 13002
Virginia Extended Description: IV
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: TSA
Non-Traditional?: F

This course will continue to expose students to the revolutionary and growing field of cybersecurity as it relates to manufacturing. Students will apply the principles of cybersecurity, research emerging technologies, analyze threat intelligence, and design protective measures. Students will participate in enterprise team activities to secure automated production processes, while demonstrating cybersecurity concepts and policies.

Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Information Support and Services
  • Computer Numerical Control Programmer (CNC Programmer)
  • Information Systems Security Developer
  • Network Systems and Data Communication Analyst
Network Systems
  • Computer Security Specialist
  • Computer Software Engineer
Programming and Software Development
  • Computer Software Engineer
  • Programmer
  • Systems Analyst

Pathway Occupation
Manufacturing Production Process Development
  • Industrial Engineer
  • Industrial Engineering Technician
  • Manufacturing Systems Engineer
  • Network Designer
  • Programmer
  • SPC (Statistical Process Control) Coordinator
Production
  • Automated Manufacturing Technician
Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control Technician

Pathway Occupation
Engineering and Technology
  • Computer Hardware Engineer
  • Computer Programmer
  • Computer Software Engineer
  • Engineering Technician
  • Industrial Engineer
  • Industrial Engineering Technician
  • Manufacturing Systems Engineer
  • Network Systems and Data Communication Analyst
  • Network and Computer Systems Administrator
  • Systems Analyst

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