ECS 6700 - Information Assurance

This course provides information system users with the knowledge of their roles and responsibilities towards protecting information system assets. Topics will include workstation and office security, types of malicious programs such as viruses, access control mechanisms, IT governance and security management. This course will also lay a foundation for students to pursue further studies of systems security and protection issues such as terminology, threats to information resources, computer abuse, and system vulnerabilities. This course will map to many topics included in the CompTIA Security+ Certification. (3 credits)