Title: Unit Three Goals
Course: Critical Infrastructure: An Overview > Section: Course Content

Unit Three

Goals

Upon completion of Unit Three, students should be able to:

Communications

- Define wireline, wireless, satellite communications, cable, broadcast communications
- Briefly explain why communications are critical infrastructure
- Demonstrate a familiarity with the groups that regulate communications infrastructure
- Demonstrate a familiarity with the threats to communications infrastructure
- Demonstrate an understanding of importance of uptime, redundancy,
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of how various (covered within the unit) communication systems work

Information Technology

- Define Information Technology and cyber security
- List places that Information Technology is used
- Recognize the threats, challenges, and risks involved with Information Technology infrastructure
- Recognize the role of the Department of Homeland Security in Information Technology infrastructure
- Demonstrate familiarity with EO 13636
- Demonstrate familiarity with protections against threats to Information Technology infrastructure
- Recognize the things each computer user should do to protect themselves from Information Technology related threats
- Demonstrate an understanding of importance of uptime, redundancy, and threat avoidance and mitigation in Information Technology