• IT 3400: Data Cabling Signal Characteristics

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): INFO 1120 or INFO 1200 or CS 1030 or CS 1400 or MECH 1200. For EART/Mechatronics majors or students interested in the physical aspects of data network signal characteristics, cabling and installation for those signals. Focuses on cabling issues related to data and voice connections and provides an understanding of the industry and its worldwide standards. Covers types of media and cabling, physical and logical networks, as well as signal transmission. Focuses on best practices and safety using copper and fiber-optic cabling. Requires students to install a complete cable infrastructure for a simulated telecommunications room. Enforces industry and worldwide standards. Requires a community project and portfolio based on voice/data cabling skills. Requires a research paper.
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• IT 3510: Advanced System Administration--Linux/UNIX

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): [(INFO 1200 or CS 1400) and IT 1510 and (IT 2600 or CS 2600) all with a grade of C- or higher within the past five years] and University Advanced Standing. Explores enterprise systems administration using the UNIX/Linux operating system. Students learn advanced administrative tasks including server installation, network configuration and user management, file management, network services deployment, server security, back up and recovery, Shell scripting, source compilation, performance monitoring and tuning, troubleshooting, and managing hardware and component changes. Requires a community project and portfolio based on advanced server management skills.. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.
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• IT 3530: Advanced System Administration--Windows Server

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): [INFO 1200 and IT 2530 and (IT 2600 or CS 2600) all with a grade of C- or higher within the past five years] and University Advanced Standing. Explores enterprise systems administration using the Microsoft Windows Server operating system. Students learn advanced administrative tasks including server installation; hardware change management; software application management; network configuration and user management; file management; printing; network services deployment; server security; back up and recovery; scripting; performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.
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• IT 3540: Mac OS and Server Support

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): [INFO 1200 and IT 1510 and (IT 2600 or CS 2600) all with a grade of C- or higher within the past five years] and University Advanced Standing. Provides an in-depth exploration of the Mac OS X, and provides the skills to troubleshoot and correct problems that may arise by users. Teaches installation and configuration of a Mac OS X Server. Involves implementing and maintaining a Mac server in a network, including file sharing, mail, web, and wikis.. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.
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• IT 3600: Internetworking and Router Management

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): [(INFO 1200 or CS 1400) and (IT 2600 or CS 2600) all with a grade of C- or higher within the past five years] and University Advanced Standing. Teaches the theory and implementation skills and techniques needed to configure, troubleshoot and support reliable TCP/IP internetworks. Discusses security and management issues. Offers the opportunity to build an internetwork with cables, network cards, and routers. Emphasizes the analysis and design of networks in organizations. Includes lab assignments covering TCP/IP implementations and router configurations.. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.
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• IT 3650: Information Storage and Management

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): IT 1600, IT 2600, and University Advanced Standing. Presents concepts, principles, and deployment considerations across all technologies that are used for storing and managing information. Describes challenges and solutions for data storage and data management, intelligent storage systems, and storage networking. Studies backup, recovery, and archive processes. Discusses business continuity, disaster recovery, storage security and virtualization, and managing and monitoring the storage infrastructure.. Software fee of $192 applies.. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.
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• IT 3700: Information Security--Network Defense and Countermeasures

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): IT 1510, IT 2700, (IT 3510 or IT 3530), and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): IT 3600. Examines advanced information security concepts through an applied viewpoint. Extends the student's understanding of security issues through hands-on application of real-world techniques and use of current security software. Topics include legal/ethical issues, use of security tools, network reconnaissance, password/brute-force attacks, firewall configuration, Honeypot deployment, intrusion analysis/detection, server hardening, and penetration testing. Guest lecturers provide insight into current trends in advanced security issues.. Software fee of $18 applies.. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.
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• IT 3750: Malware Reverse Engineering

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): [(CS 2370 and CS 3100) or (IT 2700 )] and University Standing.. Examines advanced techniques used in malware analysis. Focuses on static and dynamic analysis of unknown binaries utilizing reverse engineering tools and procedures. Explores advanced anti-malware analysis processes and anti-reverse engineering methods. Covers advanced obfuscation practices, such as employing packers, and anti-debugging processes.
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• IT 459R: Current Topics in Information Technology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): (Junior Standing or Department Approval) and University Advanced Standing. Provides exposure to emerging technologies and topics of current interest in information technology. Varies each semester depending upon the changes in the information technology discipline or to address a focused area within the information technology discipline. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits toward graduation.. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.
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• IT 4600: Enterprise Network Architectures and Administration

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): IT 3600 and University Advanced Standing. Examines management of resources used in enterprise computing environments from a practical, applied viewpoint. Extends the student's understanding of these concepts through hands-on application of real-world network, server, and software management techniques and addresses the problems associated with providing a secure, stable, reliable enterprise computing infrastructure. Includes principles of IT enterprise infrastructure management; configuration, analysis, and troubleshooting of virtual servers; redundancy and failover; directory service integration, access control and security; uptime monitoring and notification; backup and recovery; Storage Area Networking; Cloud computing platform choices, functionality, cost, deployment, flexibility, and adaptability.. Lab access fee of $45 for computers applies.
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