CompTIA Certficiations

CompTIA certifications were developed to offer networking professionals a vendor-neutral credential that validates the technical skills and knowledge needed to succeed in an IT career. Courses and Certifications Offered: • CompTIA A+ • CompTIA Network+ • CompTIA Security +

 

Target Population: Opportunity youth and adults 16+

Intake/Eligibility: Walk-ins, MCPS, Worksource Montgomery, Word of Mouth, and other community-based organization

CyberSecurity Courses

In today’s world, organizations must be prepared to defend against threats in cyberspace. Decision makers must be familiar with the basic principles and best practices of cybersecurity to best protect their enterprises. In today’s world, organizations must be prepared to defend against threats in cyberspace. Decision makers must be familiar with the basic principles and best practices of cybersecurity to best protect their enterprises. In this course, experts from academia, the military, and industry share their knowledge to give participants the principles, the state of the practice, and strategies for the future. Sessions will address information security, ethical and legal practices, and mitigating cyber vulnerabilities. Participants will also learn about the process of incident response and analysis. The content is targeted at ensuring the privacy, reliability, and integrity of information systems. The majority of the course (about 75%) is geared toward participants at the decision-making level who need a broad overview, rather than those who are already deeply immersed in the technical aspects of cybersecurity (software development, digital forensics, etc.), although both groups will find the course valuable. Cybersecurity is a very large subject, and therefore this course is only intended to cover the basics of the current leading and pressing cybersecurity topics. The result is that we can cover many different approaches. We cover the introduction of a topic and after the fundamentals, you can explore further on your own. The goal is for participants to understand the utility of each topic, not to become specialists in any one subject.

 

Target Population: Opportunity youth and adults 16+

Intake/Eligibility: Walk-ins, MCPS, Worksource Montgomery, Word of Mouth, and other community-based organization

GED Preparation Courses

GapBuster, Inc offers 14-week General Educational Development (GED) preparation covering the New GED. The New GED will cover four subject tests: Math, Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts/Writing. Social Studies and Language Arts/Writing sections will contain ECR (Extended Constructed Responses).

 

Target Population: Opportunity youth and adults 16+

Intake/Eligibility: Walk-ins, MCPS, Worksource Montgomery, Word of Mouth, and other community-based organization