Cybersecurity Essentials

Ivy Tech Community College-Columbus

Description

The Cybersecurity Essentials course develops foundational understanding of cybersecurity and how it relates to information and network security. The 30-hour course introduces students to characteristics of cyber crime, security principles, technologies, and procedures to defend networks. Through interactive, multimedia content, lab activities, and multi-industry case studies, students build technical and professional skills to pursue careers in cybersecurity.

• Learn procedures to implement data confidentiality, integrity, availability and security controls on networks, servers and applications.
• Understand security principles and how to develop security policies that comply with cybersecurity laws.
• Apply skills through practice, using labs and Cisco Packet Tracer activities.
• Get immediate feedback on your work through built-in quizzes and tests.
• Connect with the global Cisco Networking Academy community.

Requirements

The 30-hour curriculum may be used as a supplement to an existing course or as a short course. Instructors can create a course, enroll students, teach and guide them through the course content, material and activities.

For Students

• Prerequsite: recommended "Introduction to Cybersecurity"

For more information 

Visit https://www.ivytech.edu/cyber-security/index.html