Intro to IT Security: CompTIA Security+
Security+ teaches the skills to plan, implement, and maintain information security.
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Location Intro to IT Security: CompTIA Security+
Security+ teaches the skills to plan, implement, and maintain information security.
What you’ll be able to do — competencies
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic security concepts such as confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) triad, security models, and security policy concepts
- Operate network and host-based security, including protocols, firewalls, and wireless security.
- Organize identity and access management, including authentication, authorization, and account management.
- Identify threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities and explain how they can be mitigated.
- Devise cryptography techniques
- Explain the importance of security architecture and design and develop secure network architectures.
- Organize risk management, including risk analysis, risk mitigation, and business continuity planning.
- Infer the impact of laws, regulations, and compliance on IT security, including privacy and sensitive data issues.
Course Description
This course is designed to equip students with the essential knowledge and skills needed to succeed in this rapidly growing field and covers a comprehensive range of security related topics, including network security, compliance and operational security, threats and vulnerabilities, application, data and host security, access control and identity management, and cryptography. This course aligns with the objectives for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam which can lead to job opportunities as a security administrator, network security specialist, security consultant and more.
Prerequisites
- User-level skills on personal computers.
Next available start dates
Online — Evenings
Intro to IT Security: CompTIA Security+
Total classroom hours
40 hours
Schedule
Online
Evenings, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, 16 T Th - 1/14/2025 - 3/13/2025, No class 2/13 and 3/4
Quarter: Winter
Total cost
$700
Instructor: Ian Morris
Ian Morris is an experienced professional with an extensive background in technology management, information security, and program/process optimization. Over his career, he held duties ranging from high level policy, process, and contract oversight to hands-on technical work. He holds a M.S. degree in IT Management with an emphasis in Cybersecurity and an M.A. degree in education. He also holds current Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) and Security+ (SYO-601) certifications.
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