
Information Technology
Cyber Security
Industry Training Focus Areas
- Computer Architecture & Systems Fundamentals
- Computer Systems Administration
- Technical Support
- Information Security Fundamentals
- Information Security Methodologies
- Year Up’s Essential Skills Training
Industry Skills Development at a Glance: You'll Learn How To...
- Monitor a security infrastructure; understand elements that make up an organizational security policy
- Identify and explain common TCP and UDP ports, network protocols, and their purpose
- Utilize features and techniques to secure network communications and to understand fundamentals of risk management and incident detection
- Understand Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
- Identify common causes of threats to network services, devices, traffic, and data
Essential Skills Development: You'll Learn How To...
- Communicate professionally in-person and over digital platforms by utilizing strategies, tools, and feedback to adapt to the environment
- Participate in meetings by contributing to conversation and supporting with planning and follow up actions across a team
- Navigate challenging situations by regulating reactions to display grit and maintaining a positive composure
- Utilize common management, editing, and conference tools such as Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, and Zoom
- Gather and analyze data to provide support to and generate ideas for a business
- Pursue opportunities for professional growth and maintain a well-formed resume
Training at Work: Typical Job Tasks
- Assist with developing security policies and procedures (e.g. configure and support security tools such as firewalls and anti-virus software)
- Create training materials and use tools (e.g. Zendesk, Remedy) to inform users of secure practices
- Perform security upgrades, identifying and reporting abnormalities in network activity
- Navigate basic computer hardware and execute queries to understand data
Path to a Career: Training-Enabled Role Pathways
- Incident Monitoring & Response
- Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst
- Computer & Digital Forensics Analyst
- Penetration Testing
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