2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook
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CIT 217 - Security+


Credits: 3
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Campus/Sites Offered: Charleston, North Las Vegas, Online
Offering Note: Online only in the fall.

Description
Prepares professionals with at least two years of security experience and who possess a thorough knowledge of TCP/IP to take the CompTIA Security+ certification exam. Topics include communications security, infrastructure security, basics of cryptography, and operational/organizational security.  Recommended: CIT 112 or CSEC 112.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Identify general security concepts.
  2. Implement effective practices in communication security.
  3. Analyze the basics of cryptography.
  4. Implement effective operational/organizational security.
  5. Construct security policies aligned with regulatory requirements and organizational needs.

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Graded: Letter Grade



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