Cybersecurity
Central Oregon Community College
Key Information
Campus location
Bend, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2023
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Introduction
The Cybersecurity Career Pathway Certificate of Completion extends knowledge and skills beyond entry-level computer networking and administration. Students will learn concepts and techniques essential for securing data and networks in both a vendor-neutral and Cisco environment.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Describe the function of the network layers as specified by the OSI and the TCP/IP network models.
- Describe the operation of network services such as ARP, DNS, and DHCP.
- Describe the basic operation of these network device types: Router, Switch, Hub, Bridge, WAP, WLC.
- Describe the functions of these network security systems as deployed on the host, network, or the cloud: Firewall, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), Web Security Appliance (WSA), Email Security Appliance (ESA).
- Describe IP subnets and communication within an IP subnet and between IP subnets.
- Describe the relationship between VLANs and data visibility.
- Describe the operation of ACLs applied as packet filters on the interfaces of network devices.
- Compare and contrast deep packet inspection with packet filtering and stateful firewall operation.
- Compare and contrast inline traffic interrogation and taps or traffic mirroring.
- Compare and contrast the characteristics of data obtained from taps or traffic mirroring and NetFlow in the analysis of network traffic.
- Identify potential data loss from provided traffic profiles.