COURSE DESCRIPTION :

This course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of computer and network security issues including the numerous types of attacks computers are vulnerable to, the types of attacker profiles, and the hardware and software defense solutions available. The concepts “Total Security” will be a focus in this course.  Students will learn to apply these concepts to each particular setting and know how and why they are adapted from one environment to another.  1 Credit           
CO-REQUISITES: None

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

Security Awareness, Course Technologies, 2004, Mark Ciampa, ISBN: 1-4188-0969-1 Flash Drive Spirit to Work Hard and Learn

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The course begins with an overview of the subject including security goals, the importance of security, intruder profiles, and defense mechanisms.  The topics that will be covered include security and the individual personal computer in both the home and corporate environments.  This includes protecting the single device from the threats of data theft, viruses and spy ware, techniques of authentication and security patch management.  Corporate security will be covered including policy issues involving e-mail, Internet access, passwords, Incident Response and Disaster Recovery.  Internet Security and Network Security are addressed focusing on the threats to WAN and LAN networks and methods of protecting each type of network.  
After completing the course, students will be able to:     

• Introduction to Security
• Personal Computer Security
• Internet Security
• Network Security
• Total Security

This course is composed of lectures, class discussions, demonstrations and hands-on assignments. Lectures will clarify, reinforce, and expand upon the readings from the text. Significant learning will be accomplished outside the normal class hours through computer assignments. These assignments will reinforce the lecture and demonstrations of course materials. Those willing to gain knowledge beyond the normal scope of the course will be given an opportunity to explore some advanced topics.

INTEGRITY AND SCHOLARSHIP

"Honesty in all academic work is expected of every student. This means giving one’s own answers in all class-work, quizzes, and examinations without help from any outside source nor approved by the instructor. Written material is to be the student’s original composition. Appropriate credit must be given for outside sources from which ideas, language, or quotations are derived."It is the mission of this class, to encourage students to think clearly and to discipline their self-expression, students are expected to demonstrate, in writing, that they have assimilated the information and ideas presented in each course. A definite portion of the grade will be determined by performance in the students work.