IT Security Program
Campus Availability: Online & Knoxville
The IMPACT Professional Training IT Security Program offers instructor-led, hands-on classroom computer training and vendor certification preparation on fundamental IT security technologies and best practices. This program includes eLearning, labs, exam preparation, online resources, resume and interviewing assistance.
The goal of this career training program is to prepare you for positions such as Cyber Security Specialist, Security Support, Network Administrator, Desktop Administrator, IT Specialist, LAN Administrator, and Network Specialist. You may supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures.
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IT Security Learning Path
CompTIA IT Fundamentals+
CompTIA IT Fundamentals focuses on the essential IT skills and knowledge needed to perform tasks commonly performed
by advanced end-users and entry-level IT professionals alike, including:
- Using features and functions of common operating systems and establishing network connectivity
- Identifying common software applications and their purpose
- Using security and web browsing best practices
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA Security+ is the first security certification IT professionals should earn. It establishes the core knowledge required of any cybersecurity role and provides a springboard to intermediate-level cybersecurity jobs. Security+ incorporates best practices in hands-on troubleshooting to ensure security professionals have practical security problem-solving skills. Cybersecurity professionals with Security+ know how to address security incidents – not just identify them.
Security+ is compliant with ISO 17024 standards and approved by the US DoD to meet directive 8140/8570.01-M requirements.
CompTIA Network+
This course builds on your existing user-level knowledge and experience with personal computer operating systems and networks to present the fundamental skills and concepts that you will need to use on the job in any type of networking career. CompTIA Network+ helps develop a career in IT infrastructure covering troubleshooting, configuring, and managing networks.
Network+ ensures an IT professional has the knowledge and skills to:
- Design and implement functional networks
- Configure, manage, and maintain essential network devices
- Use devices such as switches and routers to segment network traffic and create resilient networks
- Identify benefits and drawbacks of existing network configurations
- Implement network security, standards, and protocols
- Troubleshoot network problems
- Support the creation of virtualized networks
CompTIA Cloud+
CompTIA Cloud+ is the only performance-based IT certification that views cloud-based infrastructure services in the context of broader IT systems operations regardless of the platform. Migrating to the cloud presents opportunities to deploy, optimize, and protect mission critical applications and data storage. CompTIA Cloud+ validates the technical skills needed to secure these valuable assets. The CompTIA® Cloud+® course builds on your existing experience with systems operations and administration to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to implement, maintain, and deliver cloud technologies including network, storage, and virtualization technologies to create cloud solutions.
CompTIA CySA+
The course introduces tools and tactics to manage cybersecurity risks, identify various types of common threats, evaluate the organization's security, collect and analyze cybersecurity intelligence, and handle incidents as they occur.
This course focuses on the knowledge, ability, and skills necessary to provide for the defense of those information systems in a cybersecurity context, including protection, detection, analysis, investigation, and response processes.
Program InfoFull-time Length: 4 Months Tuition: $11,000 Graduation/Placement Rate: Knoxville: N/A / N/A |
Career Opportunities Cyber Security Specialist |
Certifications Available CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ |