Certificate Requirements
The graduate certificate requires the successful completion of the following three-credit graduate courses which may be applied to the Master of Science in Information and Telecommunication Systems degree:
- 773.719 Information Security Foundations
- 774.715 Financial Issues in Managing a Secure Operation
- 774.716 Security Architecture
- 774.717 Implementing Effective Information Security Programs
- 776.754 E-Business Security
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773.719 Information Security Foundations
This course covers the basic principles and concepts in information security and information assurance. It examines the technical, operational, and organizational issues in assuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Topics include malicious code, cryptography, security risk management, and security procedures and policies. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.770.517
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774.715 Financial Issues in Managing a Secure Operation
This course addresses the risks (financial, reputation, business, and third party), costs, return on investment, and other business issues in developing a secure operation. Topics include qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, audits, metrics, responses to threats, and developing cost-effective solutions given constraints in money, assets, and personnel. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.773.719
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774.716 Security Architecture
This course builds on Information Security Foundations and focuses on the various security models and architectures. Students review hardware and software security measures, network security standards, LAN/WAN/MAN security, wireless and VPN security, security protection levels, encryption standards, internal versus external access protection, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.773.719
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774.717 Implementing Effective Information Security Programs
This course focuses on the personnel, legal, regulatory, and privacy issues that constitute many of the basic management areas that must be considered in developing and implementing an effective information security program. The course also emphasizes the need for reasonable policies and procedures to ensure compliance. The course discusses many domestic and international laws and regulations that affect what can and can not be done legally to secure systems. Specific topics include HIPAA, GASSP, security best practices, political issues in the organization, implementation of an enterprise-wide security strategy, and finally, the organization, roles, staffing responsibilities, and funding. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.773.719
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776.754 E-Business Security
This course discusses what e-business security is, what it hopes to accomplish, problems encountered in migrating from legacy to Web-based e-business models, and Internet security and Web privacy from both client and server perspectives. Topics include internal transaction security, basic cryptography, SSL, active content security issues (PKI, Java, ActiveX, JavaScript, VB Script), Web privacy, secure server configuration (hardening, access controls, encryption), CGI scripting, remote authoring, administration, and firewalls. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.773.719
