This course is designed to provide a basic foundation in information security to individuals who are planning on entering the systems/network administration or software development industries. This course provides the necessary background in basic security concepts and overall security management for entry level into the workplace. Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of the primary areas of network security including, but not exclusively: threat analysis, organization policies/procedures/processes, firewalls, intrusion detection, forensics, and the network security review process.

The course contains eleven chapters that cover basic computer concepts with a major emphasis on the personal computer and its practical use, including hardware, application and system software, the Internet and the World Wide Web

A+ Certification Preparation-This is an intensive course designed as a preparation for the two A+ certification exams: The A+ Core Hardware Exam (220-201) and the A+ Operation System (OS) Technologies Exam (220-202). A+ Certification is a CompTIA-sponsored testing program that certifies the competency of entry-level (6 month’s experience) computer service technicians. The A+ test contains situational, traditional and identification types of questions. The test covers a broad range of hardware and software technologies, but is not bound to any vendor-specific products. Success on these exams requires extensive study beyond the scope and time frame of this preparation course.

Students in this networking LAN and WAN course learn the OSI model, TCP/IP model, subnetting, layered networking components of LANs and WANs, workstation, router, and switch setup, command line syntax, ACLs, and configuration.  Students learn router and switching concepts, routing and switching protocols, troubleshooting, and load balancing.  Students will perform activities to setup, configure and troubleshoot switches and routers to explore the topic concepts.

This course explores major network client systems and focuses on the currently dominant systems, Microsoft Vista and Microsoft XP. Each of these operating systems will be networked in a peer environment. Students will implement, administer and troubleshoot information systems that utilize diverse equipment.

Network implementation, administration and troubleshooting. Currentlyrelevant information system server software and hardware are introduced in simple computing environments, such as a homogeneous LAN with oneor more servers in a single location, including configuring file-sharing and print-sharing capabilities. Included are topics in resource management.

This is a collection of documentation about SourceGear Vault, used in our BIT classes