PSAD 412 — Cybersecurity and System Threats
This course examines the fundamentals of information security as well as the risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of confidential or sensitive data. Introduces effective organizational policies on confidentiality, authentication, integrity, nonrepudiation, access control, and availability and mechanisms to implement those services. Covers different types of security including telecommunications security, computer security, and network security and discusses current and evolving threats to information systems, including accidental damage, identity thefts, malicious software, “spam” and defensive measures. Reviews the evolution from legacy information security into cybersecurity policy and the development of proper cybersecurity posture by aligning with the NICE Framework.