CIS 1623 - Security Pro

3 Credits

This course provides the student with the skills and knowledge necessary to manage security threats and harden security for computer systems. The following knowledge domains are addressed: 1) access control and identity management; 2) policies, procedures, and awareness; 3) physical security; 4) perimeter defenses; 5) network defenses; 6) host defenses; 7) application defenses; 8) data defenses; 9) audits and assessments.

Course Availability: Offered Spring Semester Only

Pre or Corequisite: CIS 1613 Network Pro

Course Level Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Manage incident response teams. (PLO 1, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Implement security systems using cryptography and encryption. (PLO 1, 2, 3, 4)
Use hashing and data integrity tools and algorithms. (PLO 1, 2, 4)
Mitigate against a variety of attacks. (PLO 1, 4, 5)
Design security policy. (PLO 4, 5, 6, 7)
Design software security features in an application. (PLO 1, 2, 3, 4)