Hello, students. I am Doctor Mia Simmons and I will be your instructor for network security management throughout the course. If you have any questions, you're more than welcome to email me at M Simmons at Lakewood dot E D U. That's M si M M O N S at Lakewood dot E D U. I'm excited to teach this course because not only will you learn the fundamentals of network and security, but you will also begin your preparation for your Security Plus certification. I have seven plus years in security and network management. So I know this is a great course for you some successful tips for this course. One, make sure you balance and manage your time throughout this course. You're gonna have a various amount of videos that you're gonna have to review. I do advise that you do not skip through those videos because you're gonna have hands on labs that will follow those videos. Every assignment that you are completing in this course is preparing you for your security plus certification. So take your time, learn the concepts and you'll do well. This course is comprised of a mixture of hands-on assignments and hands on labs. So throughout this course, you're gonna be able to understand the fundamentals of security and network management, which means it gives you a knowledge and in the background on cybersecurity learning, the different enterprise environments as well as identify implement, monitor and secure technologies. Some of the topics we cover will be attacks, threats and vulnerabilities, architectural design, implementation, operations and incident response and then governance, risk and compliance. These topics are very important to move forward with getting your network and security plus certification.
