{"id":1664,"date":"2014-03-31T13:17:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T17:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2017-12-02T18:03:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T23:03:57","slug":"new-cyber-security-track-features-cyber-warfare-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/2014\/03\/31\/new-cyber-security-track-features-cyber-warfare-course\/","title":{"rendered":"ITACS’ student finalists at National Cyber Analyst Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ITACS’ NCAC Finalist Student Team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ITACS’ student team advanced to the final round of the National Cyber Analyst Challenge, sponsored by Leidos and the Institute for Business and Information Technology at Temple University. \u00a0In the first round, the ITACS team took the highest-level GOLD award, making it to the finals in Reston Virginia where they competed against teams from ten other colleges and universities for the grand prize. \u00a0 Led by Wade Mackey our ITACS team included: Darin Bartholomew, Andres Galarza, Jason Lindsley, Josh Zenker, and Roberto Nogueda.<\/p>\n

As the field of cyber-security greets new threats and regulations every single day, Temple’s ITACS program is dedicated to staying ahead of the curve. In pursuit of this goal, the program has created a brand new Cyber Security Track, now offered to ITACS’ ever-growing student body (whose numbers soared from 11 students in 2012 to approximately 95 this year).<\/p>\n

ITACS is proud to offer two new special topics courses for the Cyber Security Track Spring Semester: The new courses\u00a0Operating Systems Security<\/strong> \u00a0and Forensics<\/strong>\u00a0complement the ITACS programs other cutting-edge courses:<\/p>\n

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  • Intrusion Detection & Response \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Students learn the variety of tool and techniques used to prevent attacks, quickly identify successful attacks, detect advanced persistent threats and monitor systems activity.<\/li>\n
  • Securing the Digital Infrastructure<\/strong> \u2013 Examines issues related to securing the components of a company\u2019s infrastructure, reviewing network, firewall, and basic operating system security issues.<\/li>\n
  • Ethical Hacking<\/strong> \u2013 Introduces\u00a0students to hacking strategies and tactics used by ethical or \u201cWhite Hat\u201d hackers. A theoretical and exercise-based exploration of Security Penetration through vulnerability exploitation.<\/li>\n
  • Advanced Penetration Testing<\/strong> – Introduces students to penetration testing, methods of vulnerability assessment and exploitation are examined as a means of identifying areas requiring improved security and recommended changes.<\/li>\n
  • Cyber Security Capstone<\/strong> \u2013 Reviews all topics covered in the track; prepares for CISSP\u00a0exam; requires students to research an emerging topic in the field of IT assurance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    ITACS continues to post impressive achievement numbers, as 80% of ITACS students passed the CISA on their first try, and 94% secured jobs after graduation\u2014figures that reflect not just the quality of the training but also mounting demand for professionals armed with ITACS skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    ITACS’ student team advanced to the final round of the National Cyber Analyst Challenge, sponsored by Leidos and the Institute for Business and Information Technology at Temple University. \u00a0In the first round, the ITACS team took the highest-level GOLD award, making it to the finals in Reston Virginia where they competed against teams from ten […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14218,"featured_media":2537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/files\/2017\/11\/NCAC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2CTMC-qQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions\/2141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}