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NET 178 - Intro to Cyber Security


Last Date of Approval: Fall 2022

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 37.5
Total Lab Hours: 15
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course will provide an overview of the vulnerabilities that exist in most information systems. Students will learn how policies, user education, and software and hardware tools can help prevent those systems from being attacked. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various technology topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the technology and how to apply those concepts in a lab setting, which is a skill that should be beneficial in any/all types of technology careers. This course will also help students gain hands on technology literacy which will be of vital significance when making important work-related decisions.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: None

Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/Face-to-Face, Virtual, and/or Online

Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.

Course Fees: Face-to-Face: None; Online: 8-week online students will have a per credit hour e-book fee automatically charged to their account.

Common Course Assessment(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes:

a. Introduction to Security
b. Personal Security
c. Computer Security
d. Internet Security
e. Mobile Security
f. Privacy

Objectives: 

a. Students will apply the skills in Introduction to Security to common current business-related technologies.
b. Students will apply Personal Security
c. Students will demonstrate competency in Computer Security enabling them to compete in the current and future economy. 
d. Students will apply Internet Security responsibility skills in a professional setting.
e. Students will apply Mobile Security enabling them to compete in the current and future economy. 
f. Students will apply Privacy responsibility skills in a professional setting.



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