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.
Cross Listed Courses
N/A
Prerequisite
Admission to the Public Safety Administration BAS program
Offered
Fall, Spring
Outcomes
- Students will discuss and analyze the legal and regulatory requirements for internal networks and internet security.
- Students will understand vulnerabilities of both the organization and individual will be reviewed as well as the processes and controls for mitigating cybersecurity threats.
- Students will explore the need for IT audits and controls as a way to reduce the vulnerability to systems and the need for development of an organizations-wide cyber security policy.
- Students will identify cost-effective ways of leveraging open-source and community threat intelligence tools, along with familiarity with some of the most impactful commercial tools available.
Area of Study:
Career Education
Instructional Mode:
In-person