Information Assurance and Security Certificate

*Previously Information Assurance and Security Level 1: Information Security Management*

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical knowledge required to effectively design and manage the overall security posture of an organization. Topics include concepts of confidentiality, integrity and availability, security governance principles, legislative, regulatory and privacy compliance requirements, legal and regulatory issues that pertain to information security in a global context. The course will also discuss professional ethics, and procedures to develop and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines. This course is conceptual in nature and covers examination content delivered through the ISC2 – Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

*Previously Information Assurance and Security: Cryptography and Encryption DIT 15536*

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical knowledge required to effectively design and manage the overall security posture of an organization. Topics include concepts of confidentiality, integrity and availability, security governance principles, legislative, regulatory and privacy compliance requirements, legal and regulatory issues that pertain to information security in a global context. The course will also discuss professional ethics, and procedures to develop and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines. This course is conceptual in nature and covers examination content delivered through the ISC2 – Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

*Previously Information Assurance and Security: Safeguards and Countermeasures*

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical knowledge required to implement secure design principles using fundamental concepts of security models. This course provides the foundation for understanding security capabilities of information systems when applied to vulnerability mitigation strategies across security architectures, designs, and solution elements.  Topics will extend to assessment and mitigation strategies that cover web-based, mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) systems. This course is conceptual in nature and covers examination content delivered through the ISC2 – Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

*Previously Information Assurance and Security: Incident Response*

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical knowledge required to design physical and logical access controls for information systems, devices and facilities. This course provides students the foundation for identification and authentication management applying to people and devices and common methods to implement and manage authorization mechanisms that mitigate common access control attacks. This course is conceptual in nature and covers examination content delivered through the ISC2 – Certified Information Systems Security Professional.