SECURITY IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Course Description

This course unit will focus on training students in the area of security in information systems. The course looks at the basic concepts of securing information systems for organizations and individuals including dayto-day work of troubleshooting security related issues for organizations.

Course objectives

The objectives of this course are to,

• Introduce the basics of an information systems security and the terminologies used in information security circles

• Teach the techniques of protecting information, data and during storage, transmission and retrieval

• Introduce students to the processes to implement and enforce policy.

Expected Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to,

• Define the principles, techniques of an information systems security

• Analyze and Explain the issues that affect and or attack and information systems of organizations

• Identify threats in organization systems and device means of control and prevention

• Formulate and or produce an information security policy

• Enforce security policy in an organization