64 | September/October
•
2014
Photography
contributed
by
Methodist
University
Student benefits
of the program are
designed for students
to understand pC
maintenance and
repair, networking,
setup firewall and
detection systems.
Course
Overview
introduction
to information
Security and
ethics: This
course educates
students about cyber crimes
and its areas and the legal
ethics, the beginning of cyber
security and terminology
to build on. It will prepare
them for industry standard
certifications they will need.
Computer Crime
investigation: This class
teaches the investigative
process for computer crime,
looking at networks, hard
drives and what the law
enforcement process is and
their procedures. Computers
are used as tools, but computer
crime is often hard to
prosecute.
Networking Concepts: This
class teaches the student about
PC hardware and is a primer to
learn how to build networks.
Students will learn data
recovery about evidence left on
computers, how to look at and
log in files to the network for
email files and more. The class
builds the network.
Cybersecurity Law and
ethics: This class teaches the
student about the legal ethics
of cybersecurity. Students look
at a network and what policies
and procedures they'd write to
maintain federal regulations
like HIPA, etc. that bring
compliance in to help protect
the network. Students research
industry regulations and
then research and customize
policies and procedures – a
ground up approach.
Security Concept: In this
class, the student learns about
security and cyber technology
and how they are implemented
to study for certifications.
Network Vulnerabilities: In
this course, students detect
and remediate and then attack
and defend.