IT Know How for non-IT People («SIT»)

1. IT - The market at a glance
   • The development of IT
   • The big companies in the IT sector
   • Jobs in IT
2. Technical basics
   • Hardware
   • How computers think
   • Processor, CPU, Memory
3. Many computers are a network (LAN, WAN, router, switch, hub)
   • Network protocols
   • What do GMS, GPRS, UMTS, Bluetooth, WAP, VoIP mean?
4. Software
   • Subdivision
   • SW technology
5. Operating systems 
   • Windows, Unix, Linux
6. IT organization and processes
   • IT service management
   • ITIL
   • Green IT
   • IT organization    
7. Programming
   • Activities of a programmer
   • A selection of programming languages
   • Process models: Waterfall, SCRUM
8. From the index card to the database
   • What is a database?
   • How do databases work?
   • What happens in the data center when you access a database?
   • How is business-critical data stored securely?
   • What does virtualization mean?
   • What does cloud mean?
9. IT architecture
   • Examples
10. IT security
    • Are you secure?
    • Company spying target: the focus of hackers
    • Social engineering
    • Viruses, Trojans, spyware and phishing
    • Malicious websites take control
    • Current security trends and threats
11. IT trends
    • Internet of Things
    • Artificial intelligence

Anyone who would like to further qualify with IT know-how in order to gain the necessary understanding for the increasing digitization at the workplace.

Interest in computer science