Information Security Management
Y52.3220
Credit:
Management and Information Technology
This course provides the student with an opportunity to understand the importance of data and information in today's digital world and the steps required to properly protect it. Specific topics include strategy and policy, awareness, data classification, ownership and accountability, monitoring and reporting. Focus will be on network components that comprise the environment, where the data is input, processed, stored and travels through the Intranet, Extranet, and/or Internet. Upon completion of the course, the student will be expected to be able to understand the value of data in today's digital world, relate to steps taken by Government, Corporations and the Private Sector to protect this valuable asset, gain an understanding of components that comprise the network and how each provide protection, become familiar with preventative and detective tools, i.e. ACL, virus protection, cryptography, intrusion detection, audit logs, perl scripts, logical and physical controls, etc., and realize the importance of awareness, risk assessment and acceptance.
To register for this course you must be an admitted student in an NYU credit or degree program or have special student status. Admitted NYU credit or degree students may visit NYUHome to register through ALBERT. To apply to an NYU-SCPS credit or degree program, call (212) 998-7100.
