TSC1080 — Introduction to Cybersecurity

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Designed for students preparing to work in cybersecurity operations and risk management, this course examines Introduction to Cybersecurity from both operational and strategic perspectives. Instruction progresses through four reviewed areas: Understanding Cybersecurity and Its Purpose; The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape; Core Principles and Frameworks of Protection; and The Human Element and Cyber Ethics. Emphasis is placed on accurate decisions and repeatable professional practice.

Scenario-based exercises and a final applied task move the material from explanation to workplace use. Throughout the course, students practice defense-in-depth, risk-based decisions, ethical practice, documentation, and recognized security frameworks, producing evidence of learning that can be discussed in exam-style questions and transferred to professional assignments.

KEY POINTS

  1. Understanding Cybersecurity and Its Purpose: Establishes the terminology, principles, and professional context needed to understand the topic’s significance and its connection to sound decisions.
  2. The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape: Examines practical workflows, tools, and standards that support consistent, efficient, and defensible execution.
  3. Core Principles and Frameworks of Protection: Develops the ability to recognize risks or constraints, compare alternatives, and select appropriate controls, methods, or responses.
  4. The Human Element and Cyber Ethics: Connects course knowledge to planning, documentation, measurement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  5. Applied Practice: Uses scenarios and practical exercises to create a security analysis, control plan, incident response, configuration, or assessment deliverable and to justify decisions with evidence and accepted professional practice.
  6. Professional Standards and Readiness: Reinforces accurate terminology, ethical conduct, clear communication, and defense-in-depth, risk-based decisions, ethical practice, documentation, and recognized security frameworks for exam-style review and workplace application.

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Explain the principles, purpose, and professional significance of Topic 1, “Understanding Cybersecurity and Its Purpose,” within cybersecurity operations and risk management.
  2. Methods and Tools: Apply structured methods, appropriate tools, and accepted practices to the work addressed in Topic 2, “The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape.”
  3. Analysis and Judgment: Analyze the conditions presented in Topic 3, “Core Principles and Frameworks of Protection”; identify significant risks or opportunities; and select a defensible response.
  4. Solution Development: Develop and justify a practical approach to Topic 4, “The Human Element and Cyber Ethics.”
  5. Applied Deliverable: Produce a security analysis, control plan, incident response, configuration, or assessment deliverable that demonstrates accurate, ethical, and well-documented application of course concepts.
  6. Professional Communication: Communicate findings and recommendations using terminology, documentation standards, and evidence appropriate to cybersecurity operations and risk management.
TSC1085 — Networking Fundamentals for Security

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Networking Fundamentals for Security introduces learners to the principles, terminology, and professional practices that shape cybersecurity operations and risk management. Four connected topics anchor the course: Understanding Network Architecture; Internet Protocols, Addresses, and Ports; Network Defense Strategies; and Common Network Vulnerabilities and Mitigations. This progression helps students see how the major elements work together in realistic organizational environments.

Scenario-based exercises and a final applied task move the material from explanation to workplace use. Throughout the course, students practice defense-in-depth, risk-based decisions, ethical practice, documentation, and recognized security frameworks, producing evidence of learning that can be discussed in exam-style questions and transferred to professional assignments.

KEY POINTS

  1. Understanding Network Architecture: Establishes the terminology, principles, and professional context needed to understand the topic’s significance and its connection to sound decisions.
  2. Internet Protocols, Addresses, and Ports: Examines practical workflows, tools, and standards that support consistent, efficient, and defensible execution.
  3. Network Defense Strategies: Develops the ability to recognize risks or constraints, compare alternatives, and select appropriate controls, methods, or responses.
  4. Common Network Vulnerabilities and Mitigations: Connects course knowledge to planning, documentation, measurement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  5. Applied Practice: Uses scenarios and practical exercises to create a security analysis, control plan, incident response, configuration, or assessment deliverable and to justify decisions with evidence and accepted professional practice.
  6. Professional Standards and Readiness: Reinforces accurate terminology, ethical conduct, clear communication, and defense-in-depth, risk-based decisions, ethical practice, documentation, and recognized security frameworks for exam-style review and workplace application.

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Explain the principles, purpose, and professional significance of Topic 1, “Understanding Network Architecture,” within cybersecurity operations and risk management.
  2. Methods and Tools: Apply structured methods, appropriate tools, and accepted practices to the work addressed in Topic 2, “Internet Protocols, Addresses, and Ports.”
  3. Analysis and Judgment: Analyze the conditions presented in Topic 3, “Network Defense Strategies”; identify significant risks or opportunities; and select a defensible response.
  4. Solution Development: Develop and justify a practical approach to Topic 4, “Common Network Vulnerabilities and Mitigations.”
  5. Applied Deliverable: Produce a security analysis, control plan, incident response, configuration, or assessment deliverable that demonstrates accurate, ethical, and well-documented application of course concepts.
  6. Professional Communication: Communicate findings and recommendations using terminology, documentation standards, and evidence appropriate to cybersecurity operations and risk management.
TSC1090 — Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risk

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides a focused study of Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risk within cybersecurity operations and risk management. Its instructional sequence is organized around four areas: Defining Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks; Common Categories of Cyber Threats; Identifying and Managing Vulnerabilities; and Risk Assessment and Mitigation Frameworks. Together, these areas build the conceptual foundation needed to understand and apply the subject in a professional setting.

Scenario-based exercises and a final applied task move the material from explanation to workplace use. Throughout the course, students practice defense-in-depth, risk-based decisions, ethical practice, documentation, and recognized security frameworks, producing evidence of learning that can be discussed in exam-style questions and transferred to professional assignments.

KEY POINTS

  1. Defining Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks: Establishes the terminology, principles, and professional context needed to understand the topic’s significance and its connection to sound decisions.
  2. Common Categories of Cyber Threats: Examines practical workflows, tools, and standards that support consistent, efficient, and defensible execution.
  3. Identifying and Managing Vulnerabilities: Develops the ability to recognize risks or constraints, compare alternatives, and select appropriate controls, methods, or responses.
  4. Risk Assessment and Mitigation Frameworks: Connects course knowledge to planning, documentation, measurement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  5. Applied Practice: Uses scenarios and practical exercises to create a security analysis, control plan, incident response, configuration, or assessment deliverable and to justify decisions with evidence and accepted professional practice.
  6. Professional Standards and Readiness: Reinforces accurate terminology, ethical conduct, clear communication, and defense-in-depth, risk-based decisions, ethical practice, documentation, and recognized security frameworks for exam-style review and workplace application.

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Explain the principles, purpose, and professional significance of Topic 1, “Defining Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks,” within cybersecurity operations and risk management.
  2. Methods and Tools: Apply structured methods, appropriate tools, and accepted practices to the work addressed in Topic 2, “Common Categories of Cyber Threats.”
  3. Analysis and Judgment: Analyze the conditions presented in Topic 3, “Identifying and Managing Vulnerabilities”; identify significant risks or opportunities; and select a defensible response.
  4. Solution Development: Develop and justify a practical approach to Topic 4, “Risk Assessment and Mitigation Frameworks.”
  5. Applied Deliverable: Produce a security analysis, control plan, incident response, configuration, or assessment deliverable that demonstrates accurate, ethical, and well-documented application of course concepts.
  6. Professional Communication: Communicate findings and recommendations using terminology, documentation standards, and evidence appropriate to cybersecurity operations and risk management.
TSC1095 — Security Tools and Practices

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Designed for students preparing to work in cybersecurity operations and risk management, this course examines Security Tools and Practices from both operational and strategic perspectives. Instruction progresses through four reviewed areas: Endpoint Protection and Antivirus Tools; Network Security and Firewalls; Authentication, Password Management, and Encryption; and Secure Configuration and Patch Management. Emphasis is placed on accurate decisions and repeatable professional practice.

Scenario-based exercises and a final applied task move the material from explanation to workplace use. Throughout the course, students practice defense-in-depth, risk-based decisions, ethical practice, documentation, and recognized security frameworks, producing evidence of learning that can be discussed in exam-style questions and transferred to professional assignments.

KEY POINTS

  1. Endpoint Protection and Antivirus Tools: Establishes the terminology, principles, and professional context needed to understand the topic’s significance and its connection to sound decisions.
  2. Network Security and Firewalls: Examines practical workflows, tools, and standards that support consistent, efficient, and defensible execution.
  3. Authentication, Password Management, and Encryption: Develops the ability to recognize risks or constraints, compare alternatives, and select appropriate controls, methods, or responses.
  4. Secure Configuration and Patch Management: Connects course knowledge to planning, documentation, measurement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  5. Applied Practice: Uses scenarios and practical exercises to create a security analysis, control plan, incident response, configuration, or assessment deliverable and to justify decisions with evidence and accepted professional practice.
  6. Professional Standards and Readiness: Reinforces accurate terminology, ethical conduct, clear communication, and defense-in-depth, risk-based decisions, ethical practice, documentation, and recognized security frameworks for exam-style review and workplace application.

CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Explain the principles, purpose, and professional significance of Topic 1, “Endpoint Protection and Antivirus Tools,” within cybersecurity operations and risk management.
  2. Methods and Tools: Apply structured methods, appropriate tools, and accepted practices to the work addressed in Topic 2, “Network Security and Firewalls.”
  3. Analysis and Judgment: Analyze the conditions presented in Topic 3, “Authentication, Password Management, and Encryption”; identify significant risks or opportunities; and select a defensible response.
  4. Solution Development: Develop and justify a practical approach to Topic 4, “Secure Configuration and Patch Management.”
  5. Applied Deliverable: Produce a security analysis, control plan, incident response, configuration, or assessment deliverable that demonstrates accurate, ethical, and well-documented application of course concepts.

Professional Communication: Communicate findings and recommendations using terminology, documentation standards, and evidence appropriate to cybersecurity operations and risk management.