Information Security (Graduate Certificate)
Faculty
Description
Certificate Requirements
Course Descriptions
Faculty
John Volpe , Assistant Professor of Economics (Program
Director)
V.R. Nemani, Associate Professor of Business Administration
Robert Maguire, Assistant Professor of International Affairs
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Description
The six-course graduate
certificate in Information Security is
designed to provide students the skills and knowledge required to
establish secure computer information systems and networks. Students are
provided with in-depth technical knowledge, reinforced through hands-on
labs. Students may apply all of the coursework from the certificate
program to the M.S. in Information
Security Management.
Graduates of the program are visionary, proactive practitioners of
information security, with an understanding of
the complex concepts of information security and the ability to apply
them to practical situations. Students who successfully complete the
program will be qualified
to work in the challenging and highly rewarding field of information
security.
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Certificate Requirements
Students who wish to earn a graduate certificate in information
security must complete 18 credits of course work:
Required courses (18 credits)
ALL of the following courses:
ISYS 611 Information Systems in Organizations
ISYS 631 Data Communications & Networks
ISYS 661 Information Systems Security
THREE of the following courses:
ISYS 615 Systems Analysis and Design
ISYS 663 Systems Intrusion, Detection & Response
ISYS 667 Data Protection
ISYS 673 Information Security Risk, Strategies and Management
ISYS 675 Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Security
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Course Descriptions
ISYS 611 Information Systems in Organizations
Introduces the importance of information systems to an organization and
examines the issues associated with managing them. Provides a strategic
view of information systems and technology, and a discussion of the
strategic, legal, and ethical issues underlying management of
information technology in an organization. This course also examines
current issues related to organizational uses of information technology,
including such topics as information security and integrity, electronic
commerce and the World Wide Web, and intellectual property rights.
3 credits
ISYS 615 Systems Analysis & Design
Examines the system development
and modification process, including defining and analyzing requirements,
modeling and specifications. Covers the relationships and roles
of clients, users, team members, and others associated with development,
operation and maintenance of systems. Topics include structured
and object oriented analysis and design, use of modeling tools and
system lifecycles.
3 credits
Prerequisite: ISYS 611
ISYS 631 Data Communications & Networks
The Data Communications & Networks course provides in-depth
understanding of data communications and networks. An emphasis is placed
on the requirements and design of network systems in
organizations. The course examines how the underlying hardware and
software components in networks of information systems, make it possible
to access data and services across remote computers; the overall
structure of a network, including description of the functionality of
different protocols and standards.
3 credits
ISYS 661 Information Systems Security
An examination of concepts of modern information systems security from a
practical point of view. Topics include secure system design, system
vulnerability, threat assessment, intrusion detection, cryptography, and
legal and ethical issues in computer security. Emphasis on applications
of security and implementation of a secure information system.
3 credits
Prerequisite: ISYS 611 & ISYS 631
ISYS 663 Systems Intrusion, Detection & Response
Covers network security management systems that gather and analyze
information to identify possible security breaches. It includes
intrusions (attacks from outside the organization) and misuse (attacks
from within the organization). Students learn the use of vulnerability
assessment and scanning technologies to determine the security of a
network.
3 credits
Prerequisite: ISYS 661
ISYS 667 Data Protection
Introduces basic concepts of cryptology, public key cryptography,
hardware and software implementations of cryptographies, data integrity
and authentication, protocols for secure mail, www and electronic
payments, security aspects of mobile communications, identification
schemes, Smart cards and PCMCIA cards.
3 credits
Prerequisite: ISYS 661
ISYS 673 Information Security Risk, Strategies and Management
Covers the
strategies, procedures and policies to manage and mitigate risk in
information systems, including risk analysis techniques
that can be used to identify and quantify both accidental and malicious
threats to computer systems within an organization. The course also considers what sorts of strategies and
policies will help to provide cost effective and highly secure systems.
3 credits
Prerequisite: ISYS 661
ISYS 675 Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Security
Provides an overview of the legal rights and liabilities
associated with operation and use of computers and information. It
discusses the key statutes, regulations, treaties, and court cases that
establish legal rights and responsibilities as to computer security and
information privacy. The course also helps students learn how to
reduce their risk of potential legal liability for computer security or
information privacy failures, and how to enforce their security and
privacy rights against other parties.
3 credits
Prerequisite: ISYS 661 or permission
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