IT Advanced Network Administration and Security Certificate of Proficiency

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40 Credits

The IT Advanced Network Administration and Security Technician certificate program is designed to prepare students for employment in a variety of information technology (IT) positions, such as network and computer systems administrators, information security analysts, or computer support specialists.

This certificate provides students with the opportunity to acquire a deep technical foundation and competency in network administration and security. Students will learn how to plan, implement, administer, and support appropriate information technologies and systems to help an organization achieve its goals and objectives. Information technologies and systems may include: servers, client computers, mobile devices, operating systems, network applications, local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, network segments, intranets, and so on. Students will learn how to analyze the security vulnerabilities of an organization’s IT resources, and how to plan and implement security measures and practices for those resources.

Students must attain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Entry Requirements

To enter this program, students must have a technical associate’s degree in an IT-related field from a regionally accredited institution, or two years IT work experience.

The following IT courses, or work experience in all of these areas, are strongly recommended before entering this program because they contain foundational knowledge upon which the upper-division IT courses is built:

For more information about this degree, please contact the Green River IT faculty at itdegrees@greenriver.edu

IT 102 - Programming Fundamentals Credits: 5
IT 114 - CompTIA A+ Certification Preparation Credits: 7
IT 131 - Networking Fundamentals Credits: 5
IT 160 - Windows Server Administration I Credits: 5
IT 190 - Linux Administration 1 Credits: 5
IT 210 - Introduction to Routing and Switching Credits: 7
IT 240 - Windows Server Administration II Credits: 5

Core Requirements

IT 310 - Routing and Switching in the Enterprise Credits: 5
IT 335 - Network Security Foundations and Policies Credits: 5
IT 340 - Network Security and Firewalls Credits: 5
IT 344 - Virtualization and Storage Credits: 5
IT 360 - Introduction to Computer Forensics and Vulnerability Assessment Credits: 5
IT 385 - Scripting for Windows and Linux Credits: 5
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IT 390 - Mobile Devices and Wireless Networking in Enterprise Credits: 5
IT 410 - Designing and Supporting Computer Networks Credits: 5
IT 460 - Threat Analysis Credits: 5