Conference Session

Information Technologies Classroom Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Al-Rawi, KFU; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

this study is to compare the objectives of the Security+ exam with the twoCisco Networking Academy security courses. The Security+ certification exam objectives covermost of the basics of security and they can be integrated into the first security course of most ITprograms. Finally, a master course syllabus that covers the Security+ exam objectives isdeveloped to map each course objective with its corresponding certification objective. It isanticipated that colleges and universities will benefit from this study by using the proposedcourse syllabus as a framework for integrating the Security+ certification exam objectives intotheir curriculum.IntroductionCertification establishes a standard of competency in specific areas of the IT field which