Program Orientation: Introduction to the Security program and completion of all forms including the Ethics LAP which must be passed successfully to continue in the Cyber Security training.

Principals of Information Assurance: There are 9 exams covering these objectives, a final exam and a hands-on performance final. Upon completion of these modules, students will be able to perform tasks related to: Network Defense Fundamentals: In this lesson, students will be introduced to the core concepts of network security. Students will examine the technologies of defending a network, and how those technologies may be used to create a layered defense of the network. Students will identify the foundations of network auditing.

Network Security: Designing Firewall Systems: In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concepts and technologies used in designing firewall systems. Students will identify the methods of implementing firewalls in different scenarios using different technologies. The strategies and concepts in this lesson are important in understanding later lessons.

Enterprise Security Management: Contingency Planning: In this lesson, students will take a look at various types of disasters that can befall an organization and put it out of business-unless the organization has implemented some form of business continuity planning. Students will look at how such plans can be developed and tested. Performing a Risk Analysis: In this lesson, you will be introduced to the concepts and issues surrounding one of the more debated areas of security - Risk Analysis. Students will see different methods of risk analysis, different standards, and different techniques to minimize risk. All of these issues, concepts, and techniques lead up to the same goal: to perform a risk analysis. Creating a Security Policy: In this lesson, students will examine the concepts of security policies and their implementation. Students will be introduced to different methods of policy creation and implementation, and will create a policy document. Students will also examine the methods of security response and how response is related to policy.

Secure Electronic Commerce: Introduction to Trusted Networks: In this lesson, students will be introduced to the fundamental concepts of building trusted networks and the PKI. Cryptography and Data Security: In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concepts of cryptography and its function in data security. Students will examine how cryptography has evolved, encryption and decryption systems, private key and public key algorithms, and key lengths. Digital Certificates: In this lesson, students will examine various ways we establish our identity in the real world, examine an important document recognized internationally, review various tamper-proofing methods and mechanisms for such documents, and look at the electronic equivalents for such documents. Digital Signatures: In this lesson, students will work with message digest and symmetric-key encryption algorithms to define the structure of digital signatures.

Digital Forensics: The field of forensics is much like that of pathological forensics. In this section of the course, the student will learn procedures on tracking, analyzing, and patching security holes after an incident has occurred. This will include seizure of equipment, analysis of confiscated materials, and follow up procedures relating to the incident.

Windows 2000 Professional: This course will prepare the student to install, administer resources, manage hardware, and monitor and troubleshoot storage, connections, and security on a Windows 2000 Professional network.

Windows 2000 Server: This course will prepare the student to install and configure a Windows 2000 server and manage, configure and monitor hardware, system performance, storage, connections, and security.

Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure: This course will prepare the student to administer, monitor, and maintain network infrastructures including domain name system (DNS), dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS), IP routing, network address translation, and certificate services.

Windows 2000 Network Environment: This course teaches students, through lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and lab exercises, the skills and knowledge necessary to administer and support a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network and to prepare for Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification.

CCNA I: CCNA is an introduction to networking as a whole. Networking fundamentals and skills to work with basic networks is the goal of this section of the course. This includes cabling, testing cables, how local area networks and wide area networks are conneted, and how Ethernet is used to make the connection work. This area covers the different types of network layouts and how information is transferred from one type of network to another. The OSI model and TCP/IP models are learned in great detail. Basic Routing fundamentals and sub-netting is a great part of this first level, learning how to break large networks into smaller ones.

CCNA II: CCNA 2 is a more advanced concept then CCNA 1 and builds on the knowledge obtained from the first level. This level introduces the student to more advanced concepts such as Routing information over Wide Area Networks and configuring and program routers to acheive this goal. Learning the different routing and routed protocols to move information across a Wide Area Network is a more advanced technique that is learned while students are performing hands on exercises to actually move this information across the Wide Area Network in a controlled classroom environment that mocks real world hands-on experience. The student is also introduced to network troubleshooting and problem solving using critical thinking skills in the process.