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• CISF 210: Cybersecurity I

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course provides students with an in-depth and comprehensive coverage of all security risks and threats to an organization's data. The topic of information security begins with a study of inventory management, security audits, anti-virus tools, data backup and data recovery. Students will implement basic hardware, software, network and Internet Security configurations. Case studies and current events will give the student insight into current threats that affect an organization. Additional study materials from the National CyberWatch Center, INFOSEC Learning will be used. This course and Cybersecurity II may be used for preparing student for CompTIA Security+ certification exam. 3-0-3 Prerequisite:    CISN110, CISN200.
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• CISF 220: Cybersecurity II

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course builds on the concepts introduced in Cybersecurity I, with emphasis on concepts relevant to the fields of cybersecurity, information assurance, and network defense. Through hands-on projects and lectures, students will explore current cybersecurity challenges, including wireless network defense, mobile device security, authentication and access management, business continuity and risk mitigation, secure network topologies, and client and application security. Course content is mapped to CompTIA Security+ certification exam objectives. 3-0-3 Prerequisite:    CISF210
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• CISF 240: Cybersecurity: Law and Ethics

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course introduces students to the legal, ethical, and societal issues associated with information technology, icluding cyberterrorism and hacktivism, privacy, freedom of expression, social media, software developmet and intellectual property rights. 3-0-3
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• CISF 260: Ethical Hacking & Network Defense

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course describes the tools and penetration testing methodologies used by ethical hackers. Students will learn what and who ethical hacker is, the role of ethical hackers in protecting corporate and government data from cyber-attacks, system vulnerabilities, methods to protect networks and how ethics and laws apply to computer crime and ethical hacking. 3-0-3
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• CISN 100: CISCO I-Network Fundamentals

  5.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course is designed to introduce students to computer networking fundamentals. Topics include binary numbering systems, electronics and signals, network cabling and testing, network topologies, close study of OSI and TCP/IP network models, IP addressing including sub/net masking, and basic network design. The course covers the CCNA Semester 1 training material. This course, in conjunction with CISN110, CISN215, and CISN220 may assist students in preparation for Cisco Network+ and CCNA certification exams. 5-0-5
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• CISN 110: CISCO II-Routing Protocols and Conc

  5.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course is the study of advanced networking concepts. WAN and the function of routers, router components, protocols and configuration, ISO images, IP addressing, network troubleshooting, introduction to network security and management, and introduction to residential networking. The course covers the CCNA Semester 2 training material. This course, in conjunction with CISN100, CISN215, and CISN220 prepares students for the Cisco Network + and CCNA certification exams. 5-0-5 Prerequisite:    CISN100
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• CISN 200: Client Operating Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course focuses on skills needed to deploy and manage desktop operating systems. Installation and troubleshooting of desktop operating system, as well as features, such as advanced security are covered. A current version and a prior version of Windows and Linux desktop operating systems are used in the demonstration and hands-on assignments. 3-0-3
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• CISN 203: Linux Operating Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course is an introduction to the Linux Operating System. Students will learn how to install a Linux Operating System, how to navigate the command line interface and how to display system information. Students will also learn about other Linux distributions and how to install them. Hands-on activities will involve creating/deleting directories, searching for files, creating text documents, exploring the file system, working in BASH and managing processes. 3-0-3
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• CISN 204: Enterprise Server Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course focuses on skills needed to deploy and manage server operating systems. Installation and troubleshooting of server operating system, as well as features such as advanced security are covered. Topics include active directory design, account management, group policy management and configuration, certificate services, AD LDS, AD RMS, AD FS, server core, Wndows Hyper-V virtualization, and server management. A current version and a prior version, of Windows and Linux server operating systems are used in the demonstration and hands-on assignments. 3-0-3
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• CISN 206: Linux Administration

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Beaver County

  
  This course is a continuation of Linux Operating Systems (CISN203), with focus on administrative tasks and network configuration. Students will learn how to create and deploy a Linux-based server, examine and manipulate filesystem tasks, network configuration, compression, backup strategies and common administrative tasks. We will also learn troubleshooting techniques as well as performance monitoring and security. This course follows the CompTIA Linux+ Certification guide used in the previous course. 3-0-3 Prerequisite:    CISN 203
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