Information Security Master's Degree — Management Concentration Courses

Courses in the Management Concentration of the Master of Science in Information Security are designed to complement technical training with the strategic, globally-oriented outlook of a leader. There are 9 credit hours of concentration classes plus 3 elective credit hours from either concentration, giving you the flexibility to build your expertise in an area of information security that aligns with your interests and career goals.

"The Management Concentration creates leaders who have the knowledge, strategic skills, and global perspective to manage an Information Security department—you'll learn how to make plans rather than just carry them out."—Dr. Faisal Abdullah, Director of the Master of Science in Information Security Program

68-523 Computer Forensics (3)

A hands-on survey of computer investigation tools used by cyber forensics specialists to trace the activity of intruders.

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68-550 Operations Security (3)

This course covers several issues relating to operations and organizations security such as: application of environment and social engineering of physical security, implications of disaster recovery plans, implications of business continuity issues, the security relevance of the education and training of users, executives and human resources, concepts of forensics and security documentation.

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68-551 Information Security Risk Management (3)

Learn to manage and mitigate risk in information systems with risk analysis techniques that can be used to identify and quantify threats to computer systems within an organization. In addition to technological solutions, students will explore organizational strategies and policies as alternative, cost-effective approaches to security.

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68-552 IT Governance and Compliance (3)

Students will examine how to implement the IT governance process using control objectives for IT and related technology, or "COBiT." The course demonstrates how to align IT strategy with the business planning process, how to monitor and measure whether the organization is meeting internal and external compliance legislation and regulations, and methods for planning and conducting an IT audit.

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68-555 Security Assurance Principles (3)

The course examines the three principles of security enforcement: policy, mechanism, and assurance. Students will investigate fundamental assurance technologies that can be applied to interface specifications, architectures, and implementations of information security mechanism. Formal security models, formal and semi-formal specification techniques, and the principles of demonstrative and vulnerability testing will also be discussed.

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68-557 Project Management and Information Security (3)

Students study the use of projects to support business objectives. Topics include the selection of projects, their initiation, implementation, control and termination; the roles of the project manager and project team members; as well as project management life cycle phases, including scope, time, cost, human resources, quality, risk, and integration management.

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68-563 Database Management and Security (3)

Explores the design, deployment, management, and security of database systems and best practices for protecting the integrity and privacy of stored information.

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68-566 Ethical Hacking (3)

Ethical hacking is the practice of using the same skills employed by hackers with malicious intent to improve organizational information security. In this course, students will gain solid understanding of how to successfully protect digital assets of an organization by learning techniques used by hackers. Other topics including risk analysis, firewalls and intrusion detection systems are also examined.

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