CSCI 1813 — CYBER SECURITY ESSENTIALS
This course is intended to provide a basic survey of the importance and understanding of IT security awareness and data confidentiality. This security course walks users through various aspects of information security in a very broad, easy to understand way and explains to them the value of securing data, both for themselves and the organization. The course will also present best practices in access control and password policies. The class will discuss legislation, local, state and federal privacy policies and liability of individuals and institutions related to data confidentiality and integrity. The course will introduce risk management, security policies, and common threats and countermeasures.