Program
CIP Code
11.1003
Program Learning Outcomes
- Communicate effectively with diverse audiences across all levels and demonstrate an understanding of the value of diversity and community.
- Communicate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility as it relates to legal liability in information technology and business.
- Demonstrate critical thinking to support integrity, confidentiality, availability of data, and information.
- Demonstrate technical proficiency in applying procedures to operate more securely, efficiently, and effectively using decision-making strategies to understand the needs and limitations of business and information technology.
- Implement and evaluate computer-based solutions to meet requirements of hardware, operating system, cloud, and security infrastructure.
- Collect and analyze data from a variety of sources to identify and report events that occur or might occur within the network to protect data information systems and networks from vulnerabilities and threats.
- Investigate deviations from acceptable configurations, identify security vulnerabilities, solve problems, make decisions to recommend appropriate defensive countermeasures.
Program Description
The Cybersecurity Computer Support Certificate of Training (CoT) provides a foundation for Information Technology Helpdesk functionality and processes. Students explore system hardware, software, networking, virtualization, and the Linux operating system. Courses focus on skills and knowledge sought by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) exam.
Required Courses
Total Credits
26