IT Infrastructure Security Certificate
(15 semester hours)

Objectives

• Appraise the impact of operating system and network security on Information Technology Management and on global ecommerce.
• Establish the need for a reference model; and examine the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and the Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Packet (TCP/IP) reference models.
• Discuss the technical risks, performance factors and security issues related to operating system and network security on ecommerce, information technology management, and on global commerce.
• Examine the principles that enable Viruses, Worms, and Trojan horses to propagate and proliferate throughout the system.
• Differentiate between active and passive Intrusion Detection; and examine the scope and procedures for implementing border and firewall security.
• Appraise the process for assessing network and application security; and analyze the corresponding risk mitigation strategies and techniques.
• Assess the configuration, functionality, and risks of filtering; and evaluate security systems such as firewalls, border routers, switches, and ids sensors.

CS305 / ISS 362 - IT Security: Attack & Defense
CS306 / ISS 363 - IT Security: Risk Management
CS307 / ISS 341 - Introduction to Networking
CS309 / ISS 342 - Operating Systems: Hardening & Securing
CS402 / ISS 461 - IT Security: Countermeasures