Examines the design and security of complex enterprise networks. Covers advanced routing, switching, and redundant architectures with an emphasis on applied cybersecurity. Develops student skills in securing local area networks (LANs), implementing Layer 2 defenses, configuring access control lists (ACLs), and deploying secure remote access using virtual private networks (VPNs). Explores wireless local area network (WLAN) security, network address translation (NAT), and troubleshooting techniques in modern enterprise infrastructures.

Introduces administration of Microsoft hybrid server environments that integrate on-premises Windows Server infrastructure with Microsoft Azure services. Covers identity services, virtualization, storage, networking, security, and hybrid connectivity. Emphasizes deployment, management, and troubleshooting of enterprise server systems in hybrid cloud environments.

Builds on foundational hybrid server administration skills and focuses on advanced management of Microsoft hybrid server environments integrating on-premises Windows Server with Microsoft Azure. Covers advanced identity services, networking, storage, virtualization, security, monitoring, and troubleshooting in enterprise hybrid infrastructures. Emphasizes operational reliability, performance, and secure administration of complex hybrid server environments.

Introduces the design, deployment, and management of enterprise virtualization technologies. Covers hypervisor architecture, virtual machines, virtual networking, storage integration, high availability, resource allocation, and operational management in data center and hybrid environments. Emphasizes platform-agnostic principles applicable across commercial and open-source technologies, supported by hands-on laboratory experience using enterprise virtualization platforms.

Examines foundational concepts in cloud computing. Covers core cloud terminology, shared responsibility, identity and access management fundamentals, basic networking concepts, and the purpose of key cloud services for compute, storage, and databases. Emphasizes secure configuration habits, cost awareness, and cloud governance basics. Employs guided labs to create and manage cloud resources, to review security settings, and to interpret basic monitoring outputs.

Prepares students to deploy, configure, secure, and manage cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure environments. Instructs implementation of identity management, networking, storage, compute resources, monitoring, and governance using industry best practices. Introduces the use of cloud-native artificial intelligence services to automate operations, analyze system telemetry, enhance security monitoring, and support intelligent decision-making in enterprise environments. Emphasizes secure configuration, cost optimization, high availability, and responsible use of AI tools in cloud administration.

Provides students with an overall understanding of designing distributed applications and systems in the cloud. Includes a detailed overview of designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant architectures, with attention to information assurance best practices to enhance security and support cost-aware design decisions. Reviews cloud tools and examine the responsible use of artificial intelligence features and tools that support cloud deployment, management, monitoring, and security operations.

Examines the design, configuration, and management of enterprise firewall and next-generation firewall security technologies. Covers firewall architecture, security policy design, network address translation, intrusion prevention, application-aware filtering, threat detection, and network segmentation across on-premises and cloud environments. Emphasizes secure policy implementation, operational management, and troubleshooting of enterprise firewall infrastructures using industry-standard platforms.

Develops hands-on skills to select, deploy, secure, monitor, and recover cloud database workloads. Employs guided labs for designing secure network boundaries for database services, implementing encryption and key management practices, managing identities, roles, and secrets, configuring high availability and disaster recovery, and validating operational controls. Emphasizes utilization of modern cloud database management systems and database administration, with comparative coverage of additional database platforms and service models. Instructs the use of command-line tools and infrastructure-as-code practices to provision and manage database resources and apply responsible, AI-assisted workflows to support query tuning, troubleshooting, and implementing best practices to security attainment.

Provides advanced instruction in penetration testing methodologies and authorized security assessment practices in enterprise environments. Covers structured engagement phases including reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment, exploitation testing, post-exploitation analysis, and professional reporting. Emphasizes rules of engagement, legal and ethical considerations, risk evaluation, and remediation strategies. Requires extensive laboratory activities in which students design and document penetration testing engagements in controlled environments.

Prepares students for work in a security operations center by teaching security monitoring, host-based analysis, network intrusion analysis, and incident response workflows. Instructs students how to analyze real telemetry (logs, alerts, packet captures, and flow records), correlate events across data sources, and document findings using standard investigative methods. Incorporates hands-on labs to utilize common open-source security tools, and also virtual lab environments to simulate real-world incident detection, triage, escalation, and reporting.

Provides advanced instruction in identity and access management security within hybrid and cloud enterprise environments. Covers authentication protocols, multi-factor authentication, conditional access policies, privileged access management, and identity governance controls. Emphasizes zero-trust principles, policy enforcement, threat detection, and compliance requirements. Requires laboratory activities in which students configure and secure directory services and cloud-based identity platforms in controlled environments.

Prepares students to design, implement, and operate security controls in Microsoft Azure, with emphasis on identity governance, network protection, data security, security posture management, and security operations workflows. Trains students to configure and validate Azure security baselines using Microsoft Entra ID, Azure network security capabilities, data protection controls, and cloud workload protection with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Guides students to perform cloud-native monitoring, threat hunting, and with responding to incidents using Azure security and logging tools to support detection, triage, containment, and reporting.

Provides advanced instruction in enterprise security architecture and secure systems engineering across hybrid, cloud, and on-premises environments. Covers integrated security solutions including cryptographic controls, network and system hardening, risk management frameworks, and incident response strategies. Emphasizes alignment of technical safeguards with organizational risk, compliance requirements, and operational resilience. Requires laboratory activities in which students evaluate, design, and deploy enterprise-level security controls in complex environments.

Prepares students to design, implement, and operate security controls in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environments, with emphasis on identity governance, network protection, data security, security posture management, and security operations workflows. Instructs students to configure and validate security baselines using AWS identity and access management, network segmentation and filtering controls, encryption and key management practices, and cloud workload protection services. Guides students to perform cloud-native monitoring, threat hunting, and with responding to incidents using AWS security services and centralized logging to support detection, triage, containment, recovery, and reporting. Requires hands-on laboratories to use a controlled AWS environment and a virtual lab setting to simulate realistic enterprise scenarios to document findings and actions using standard security practices.

Develops applied skills for acquiring, preserving, analyzing, and reporting digital evidence from host devices, network environments, mobile devices, and cloud platforms. Guides students with proper evidence handling, chain of custody documentation, and forensic readiness in alignment with common legal and organizational requirements. Instructs students with proper techniques in collecting and analyzing artifacts from personal computers, servers, removable media, mobile operating systems, cloud service logs, and network traffic to reconstruct events and support incident response and investigations. Requires laboratory activities emphasizing forensically sound acquisition, integrity validation using cryptographic hashes, timeline reconstruction, and evidence based conclusions.

Provides advanced instruction in enterprise risk management and information systems audit within cybersecurity environments. Covers quantitative and qualitative risk assessment methods, development of risk registers, evaluation of technical controls, and assessment of compliance with governance frameworks and regulatory requirements. Emphasizes information technology audit methodology, policy development, control testing, and executive-level reporting. Requires laboratory and project activities in which students conduct simulated information technology audit engagements and present risk-based recommendations aligned with organizational objectives.

Prepares students for workforce entry by providing on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid work experience that are related to the discipline. Requires the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of a paper, presentation, and/or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser advisor feedback and/or written evaluations.