Course Number: 95-764
Special Topics: Information Assurance & Security
Units: 6
This course is an overview of increasingly important area of information assurance and security. As more and more functionality and dynamic decision-making are pushed down and out into the organization (power to the edge), assurance and security concerns, with their organizational and human dimensions, impact the fidelity of the data and the very survival of the organization. Class sessions will be centered on case studies and discussion. Topics include overview and
definitions, protecting employee data, disaster and contingency planning, compliance with federal information security requirements, tracking a computer intruder, implementing an information security awareness program. Students will leave the course with an understanding of the various concepts and their impacts on the organization.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• define key, basic information assurance and information security concepts
• describe the Information Security Model as it relates to the information properties, information states, and security measures dimensions of security
• discuss concepts involved in protecting employee data, including cross border concerns
• describe an example of the integration of IT and physical security
• discuss security and other considerations relevant to contingency planning for emergency preparedness and disaster response
• describe the elements of the development and implementation of a successful information security awareness program
• describe several (US) federal government regulations related to requirements for information security
• enumerate, for each of the following 5 areas addressed by case studies
• Data privacy (including cross border concerns)
• Physical security (and its tie to cybersecurity)
• Contingency planning
• Risk management/risk assessment/legal issues/governance
• Security awareness, education and training