The Security Specialist certificate program is designed to prepare student for positions in the information technology security field. The program curriculum covers assessing cyber security risks within organizations, responding to and preventing network security breaches, and writing the policies that determine how organizations will respond in the face of a cyber-threat. Topics include securing client operating systems, network infrastructure, Linux client and server operating systems. PC hardware, network hardware, routing security, and server applications.
Many classes offered in the Security Specialist certificate program can also be applied toward the Network Support Technician Level II Certificate and all apply towards the Network and Computer Systems Administrator AAS degree.
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