CIT 480 Security+ is a 4-week course and provides students with the skills necessary to apply and implement technical knowledge of security concepts in today’s security environment. Students will gain an in‐depth knowledge of systems security, access control, network infrastructure, assessments and audits, cryptography and organizational security across all vendor products. These skills have become increasingly important, as additional safeguards such as intrusion detection systems, physical access control and multi‐factor authentication become standard methods of protection. Students are given real world scenarios to reinforce the material covered and will learn how to apply the concepts to their daily operations. This course helps prepare students for the CompTIA Security+ SY0‐401 certification exam or other fundamental security certifications with any vendor

This course is for students with little to no programming experience by introducing problem-solving and procedural programming concepts. Python is the programming language used for this course's examples, one of the most popular general-purpose programming languages.


This course is an introduction to database design using the relational model. It concentrates on learning the basics to create a database using MS SQL and MySQL and identifying the differences between relational versus NoSQL databases.