IS 370: Information Security
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the field of information systems security
from both managerial and technical perspectives. The topics to be examined
include legal and ethical issues in information systems, risk identification
and management, security planning, security technology, cryptography, and
information system implementation and maintenance. Prerequisite: CS 365. 3:0:3
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Information Security, Planning, Implementation
- Understand the definition of information security.
- Discuss the security system development life cycle.
- Discuss information security policy, standards, and practices.
- Discuss project management in information security
- Explain contingency planning, incident response planning, and disaster recovery planning.
- Discuss information security professional and employment policies
- Risk Management and Information Security Maintenance
- Identify risks, threats, and attacks.
- Discuss risk management, risk control, risk assessment, and risk evaluation techniques.
- Discuss Information Security Maintenance including Security Management Models, and Maintenance Model.
- Security Systems and Technologies
- Identify and describe various security systems and analysis tools such as Firewall, VPN,
Intrusion detection system, honey pots, port scanner, vulnerability scanner, and packet sniffer.
- Discuss various approaches to access control, such as password and biometric mechanism.
- Discuss the need for physical security and identify the physical access techniques.
- Cryptography and other Information Security related topics, including but not limited to
- Describe the significance of cryptography
- Discuss the role of cryptography in providing confidentiality, authentication, message integrity, and non-repudiation.
- Discuss the legal, ethical, and professional issues in Information Security.
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Textbooks
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