# Computer Information Systems: Security (CISS) courses

Mt. San Antonio College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 12 courses

Source: https://catalog.mtsac.edu/programs/coursesaz/ciss/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027.

### CISS 11 — Practical Computer Security

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** Lecture: 27, Lab: 27
- **Advisory:** CISB 11
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Computer security for all computer users. Provides awareness for computer users to protect user accounts and computer systems from attacks. Projects illustrate security software and hardware configuration.

### CISS 13 — Principles of Information Systems Security

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** Lecture: 72
- **Advisory:** CISB 11 and CISS 11
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable

Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) course preparation including practical technical skills for operational information technology (IT) roles.

### CISS 15 — Operating Systems Security

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **Advisory:** CISB 11 or CISN 21
- **Offered:** Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Operating systems security concepts and techniques: covers how attackers operate, how viruses strike, strengthening operating systems, repelling attacks, and applying security techniques to different operating systems like Windows, Unix, Linux, etc.

### CISS 21 — Network Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **Corequisite:** CISS 21L
- **Advisory:** CISN 11
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Network vulnerabilities from a hacker's perspective. Cyber security legal and ethical issues. Written security, use policy, and instance response policy. Scanning and penetration tests, vulnerability assessments, and countermeasures for Windows and Linux operating systems. Secure programming, virtual private network (VPN), cryptography, wireless, Web, and remote access securities. Student must be enrolled in CISS 21L, a concurrent lab co-requisite.

### CISS 21L — Network Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures Laboratory

- **Units:** 0.5
- **Hours:** Lab: 27
- **Corequisite:** CISS 21
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Laboratory for network vulnerabilities from a hacker's perspective. Cyber security legal and ethical issues. Written security, use policy, and instance response policy. Scanning and penetration tests, vulnerability assessments and countermeasures for Windows and Linux operating systems. Secure programming, virtual private network (VPN), cryptography, wireless, Web, and remote access securities. Student must be enrolled in CISS 21, a concurrent lecture co-requisite.

### CISS 23 — Cyber, Cloud Network Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **Corequisite:** CISS 23L
- **Advisory:** CISN 11
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Computer forensic, Penetration (PEN) testing, and packet crafting tools to monitor, troubleshoot, identify threads and traffic from Cyber, Cloud, and local networks. Configure, deploy, detect, and block attacks using Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance IDS/IPS, Windows Snort IDS/IPS, and open-source IDS/IPS including Linux Snort, OSSEC, and Security Onion (Snort/Suricata). Student must be enrolled in CISS 23L, a concurrent lab co-requisite.

### CISS 23L — Cyber, Cloud Network Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) Laboratory

- **Units:** 0.5
- **Hours:** Lab: 27
- **Corequisite:** CISS 23
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Laboratory course for computer forensic, Penetration (PEN) testing, and packet crafting tools to monitor, troubleshoot, identify threads and traffic from Cyber, Cloud, and local networks. Configure, deploy, detect, and block attacks using Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance IDS/IPS, Windows Snort IDS/IPS, and open-source IDS/IPS including Linux Snort, OSSEC, and Security Onion (Snort/Suricata). Student must be enrolled in CISS 23, a concurrent lecture co-requisite.

### CISS 25 — Cyber, Cloud Network Security and Firewalls

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **Corequisite:** CISS 25L
- **Advisory:** CISN 11
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Design, configure, deploy, and maintain Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Windows, and Linux firewalls to secure Cyber, Cloud, and local networks. Topics include IPsec and TLS Virtual Private Network (VPN) remote clients, Access Control Lists (ACL), Confidentiality Integrity Availability (CIA), Radius, and Certificate Authentication (CA). Student must enroll in CISS 25L concurrently.

### CISS 25L — Cyber, Cloud Network Security and Firewalls Laboratory

- **Units:** 0.5
- **Hours:** Lab: 27
- **Corequisite:** CISS 25
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Laboratory course to design, configure, deploy, and maintain Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Windows, and Linux firewalls to secure Cyber, Cloud, and local networks. Topics include IPsec and TLS Virtual Private Network (VPN) remote clients, Access Control Lists (ACL), Confidentiality Integrity Availability (CIA), Radius, and Certificate Authentication (CA). Student must enroll in CISS 25L concurrently.

### CISS 27 — Cyber Defense

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** Lab: 54
- **Advisory:** CISN 11 and CISN 11L
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable

Cyber security hands-on activities in defending, responding, mitigating, and analyzing attacks through IT infrastructure and application service vulnerabilities. Prepare students to secure, configure, monitor, and analyze computer, switch, router, firewall, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Voice over IP (VoIP), smart phone, and application services such as Web, email, Structured Query Language (SQL) database, Domain Name Systems (DNS), and Virtual Private Network (VPN).

### CISS 29 — CNASM Service Learning

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** Lab: 54
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/ciss.md)
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Explore career objectives and advanced skills from Computer Network Administration and Security Management (CNASM) courses through lab activities and community services.

### CISS 81 — Work Experience in Computer Security

- **Units:** 1-4
- **Prerequisite:** Instructor approval and Compliance with Work Experience regulations as designated in the College Catalog.
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for Pass/No Pass only

Provides students with actual on-the-job experience in computer security at an approved work site, which is related to classroom based learning. A minimum of 54 clock hours per semester of supervised work is required for each one unit of credit. It is recommended that the hours per week be equally distributed throughout the semester. Work experience placement is not guaranteed, but assistance is provided.