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Security Essentials (ITEC 2211)

Term: 2020-2021 Certificate Seeker

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Sheldon Trent Stokes
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Aaron James Liebelt
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Bonnie G Campbell
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Description

Students will learn how to secure networks from unauthorized activity. Students will learn about establishing an effective security policy, different types of hacker activities, the hacker?s mind-set, and preventing and managing hacker penetration. Students will also learn about authentication procedures, encryption standards and implementations, ports and protocols that hackers manipulate, and how to engage in proactive detection and response/reporting methods. This course teaches students how to perform different phases of a security audit, including discovery and penetration and how to defeat unauthorized users from controlling company networks. Students also learn the latest security industry recommendations and how to properly protect various servers. Students will learn how to generate effective audit reports that can help organizations improve their security and become current with industry security standards. This course prepares students for the Security+ Exam to become a Cert