CITA 336 - Networking and Security Concepts II

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): CITA 236
Restriction(s): Students enrolled in Cyber Operations - AAS or Cyber Operations Management - BBA may not take this course.

The course will examine network security and defense. Contemporary networking concepts such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, wireless transmission, virtual networks, cloud computing, segmentation, threats, and troubleshooting will be analyzed. Students will review and assess a wide variety of tools, viruses, and malware in order to construct an effective Incident Response Plan.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: Students will be able to:

Manage servers, switches and router security
Configure and perform administrative tasks on a host firewall to provide local security.
Establish and implement a wireless and wired network connection for a device on the network.
Document Policies and respond to social engineering exploits
Perform data and server backup and recovery tasks.

Repeatable: No
CIP Code: 110901