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Nov 04, 2025
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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CNT 235 - Cybersecurity Operations
Description: Advanced network security concepts and techniques used in a Security Operations Center (SOC) to find threats on a network using a variety of popular security tools. Preparation for Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate certification.
Prerequisites: CNT 135 and CNT 150
Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 3
Course Content:
- Threat actors and defenders
- Operating system overview
- Network fundamentals
- Network infrastructure security
- Threats and attacks
- Network defense
- Cryptography and endpoint protection
- Protocols and log files
- Analyzing security data
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the role of the Cybersecurity Operations Analyst in the enterprise. (1)
- Explain features and characteristics of operating systems needed to support cybersecurity analyses. (2)
- Analyze the operation of network protocols and services. (3)
- Explain the operation of the network infrastructure. (4)
- Classify the various types of network attacks. (5)
- Use network monitoring tools to identify attacks against network protocols and services. (5)
- Explain how to prevent malicious access to computer networks, hosts, and data. (6)
- Explain the impacts of cryptography on network security monitoring. (7)
- Explain how to investigate endpoint vulnerabilities and attacks. (7)
- Evaluate network security alerts. (8)
- Analyze network intrusion data to identify compromised hosts and vulnerabilities. (9)
- Apply incident response models to manage network security incidents. (9)
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