BAS Cybersecurity (CBAS)

Enterprise Networking Foundation
CBAS 321 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Provides a wide overview of computer networking concepts with emphasis on configuring, managing and maintaining essential network devices. Offers instruction and practice in implementing network security, standards, and protocols as well as troubleshooting network problems and creating virtualized networks. May prepare students to attain the industry certification CompTIA Network+. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 321 & CBAS 321. [GE]

Cybersecurity Programming & Scripting Foundation
CBAS 361 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Focuses on learning to use the Python programming language to accomplish coding tasks related to the basics of programming as well as the fundamental notions and techniques used in object-oriented programming. May prepare students to attain the industry certification PCAP (Certified Associate in Python Programming) from the Python Institute. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 361 & CBAS 361. [GE]

IoT Foundation: Connecting Things
CBAS 364 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Prerequisite: CBAS 361 (grade of "C" or higher)

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Explores how nearly every object can be connected to the Internet, from washing machines to an airplane's jet engine, even organic items like crops and cows. Introduction to the basis of this exciting and emerging field using hands-on activities to model securely connecting sensors to cloud services over IP networks and collecting data in an end-to-end IoT (Internet of Things) system. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 364 & CBAS 364. [GE]

Big Data & Analytics Foundation
CBAS 365 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Prerequisite: CBAS 361 and CBAS 364 (grades of "C" or higher)

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Explores modern, real-time applications, IoT (Internet of Things) systems and the data they collect. Includes collecting, storing, and visualizing data obtained from IoT sensors and using data analytics to gain insights from the intelligence produced. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 365 & CBAS 365. [GE]

Cybersecurity Foundation
CBAS 371 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Prerequisite: CBAS 321 (grade of "C" or higher)

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Provides a wide overview of cybersecurity concepts and places an emphasis on mitigating specific security issues with extensive hands-on lab activities. May prepare students to attain the industry certification CompTIA Security+. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 371 & CBAS 371. [GE]

Cybersecurity Penetration Testing
CBAS 472 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Prerequisite: CBAS 361 and CBAS 371 (grades of "C" or higher)

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Covers the penetration testing as well as vulnerability assessment and management. Emphasizes skills necessary to determine the resiliency of a network against attacks. Includes how to customize assessment frameworks to effectively collaborate on and report findings as well as best practices to communicate recommended strategies to improve the overall state of IT security. May prepare students to attain the industry certification CompTIA Pen Test. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 472 & CBAS 472. [GE]

Cybersecurity Analyst
CBAS 473 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Prerequisite: CBAS 361 and CBAS 371 (grades of "C" or higher)

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Covers behavioral analytics skills to identify and combat malware and advanced persistent threats with an emphasis on performing data analysis and interpreting the results to identify vulnerabilities, threats and risks to an organization. Includes how to configure and use threat-detection tools and how to secure and protect applications and systems within a organization. May prepare students to attain the industry certification CompTIA CySA+. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 473 & CBAS 473. [GE]

Cybersecurity Operations
CBAS 475 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Prerequisite: CBAS 472 and CBAS 473 (grades of "C" or higher)

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Focuses on how to monitor, detect and respond to cybersecurity threats with specific instruction in cryptography, host-based security analysis, security monitoring, computer forensics, attack methods and incident reporting and handling. May prepare students to attain the industry certification Cisco CyberOps Associate. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 475 & CBAS 475. [GE]

Capstone Project
CBAS 499 5 Credits/Units

3.0 hours of lecture / 4.0 hours of lab

Prerequisite: CBAS 472 and CBAS 473 (grades of "C" or higher)

Admission into the program required for enrollment. Integrates and synthesizes competencies from across the degree program. Each project consists of a technical work proposal, the proposal's implementation, and a post-implementation report that describes the students' experience in developing and implementing the capstone project. Cannot receive credit for both NTEC 499 & CBAS 499. [GE]