Information Technology Support and Security Specialist 5440, A.S. Career/Tech

A Two-Year Program Leading to the A.S. Degree

This program provides students the training required in order to plan and carry out security measures to protect an organization’s computer networks, data, and systems. Students who major in this degree should expect their responsibilities to continually expand as the number of risks and threats to computer users and systems continue to increase. Students will be exposed to a variety of different applications, equipment, tools, and scenarios that are all designed to give students the skills required to quickly respond to security incidents as well as assess, design, and implement security solutions in order to strengthen the security posture of an organization to protect their information and data assets. Graduates of this program may be employed as a Cyber Forensics Specialist, Information Security Analyst, Ethical Hacker/Penetration Tester, Data Security Analyst, IT Systems Administrator, or Cyber Security Specialist.