This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles and topics of information Technology Security and Risk Management at the organizational level. Students will learn critical security principles that enable them to plan, develop, and perform security tasks. The course will address hardware, software, processes, communications, applications, and policies and procedures with respect to organizational IT Security and Risk Management.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge &understand
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles and topics of information Technology Security and Risk Management at the organizational level. Students will learn critical security principles that enable them to plan, develop, and perform security tasks.
The course will address Hardware, Software, processes, Communications, Applications, and policies and procedures with respect to organizational IT Security and Risk Management.
mental skills
Understand the fundamental principles of information technology security.
Understand the concepts of threat, evaluation of assets, information assets, physical ,operational, and information security and how they are related .
Understand the need for the careful design of a secure organizational information Infrastructure.
Practical & professional skills
Perform risk analysis and risk management.
Understand both technical and administrative mitigation approaches
Understand the need for a comprehensive security model and its implications.
General and transferable skills
Create and maintain a comprehensive security model.
Understand and apply security technologies.
Understand basic cryptography, its implementation considerations.