ITPM 311 Disaster Recovery and Incident Response
This course equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, implement, and maintain disaster recovery and incident response plans tailored to IT systems. Students will explore crisis communication strategies, forensic analysis, and compliance with frameworks such as the NIST and ISO/IEC standards. Students will learn to assess business continuity challenges, implement response procedures, and recover critical IT assets following cyberattacks, system failures, or natural disasters. Team-based exercises will allow students to develop and execute coordinated incident response plans, enhancing communication and teamwork under high-pressure scenarios.
Cross Listed Courses
N/A
Prerequisite
Admission to the Computer Information Security & IT Project Management BAS program
Offered
Fall, Spring
Outcomes
- Develop a comprehensive disaster recovery plan tailored to an IT environment.
- Analyze potential IT risks and vulnerabilities that require incident response planning, including cyber threats, hardware failures, and human error.
- Design comprehensive disaster recovery plans for a variety of IT infrastructures, focusing on minimizing downtime and data loss.
Area of Study:
Career Education
Instructional Mode:
Hybrid