• Classroom
  • Online, Instructor-Led
  • Online, Self-Paced

This course will prepare students to pass the current CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 certification. After taking this course, students will understand the field of network security and how it relates to other areas of information technology. This course also provides the broad-based knowledge necessary to prepare for further study in specialized security fields, or it can serve as a capstone course that gives a general introduction to the field.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Assess information security risk in computing and network environments
  • Analyze reconnaissance threats to computing and network environments
  • Analyze attacks on computing and network environments
  • Analyze post-attack techniques on computing and network environments
  • Implement a vulnerability management program
  • Collect cybersecurity intelligence
  • Analyze data collected from security and event logs
  • Perform active analysis on assets and networks
  • Respond to cybersecurity incidents
  • Investigate cybersecurity incidents
  • Address security issues with the organization's technology architecture

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):