ITS 564 - Security Management

This course provides students with an introduction to the fundamentals of network security, including compliance and operational security; threats and vulnerabilities; application, data, and host security; access control and identity management; and cryptography. The course covers new topics in network security as well, including psychological approaches to social engineering attacks, Web application attacks, penetration testing, data loss prevention, cloud computing security, and application programming development security. This course will review computer forensics, to include: tools used, the investigative process, as well as current trends in forensics today.

Credits: 3