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IS 670

Computer Security, Controls, and Information Assurance

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

What legal, financial, and operational tasks managers must accomplish in order to protect computer hardware, software, and operations from accidental or intentional harm.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Admission to the MSIS program
CS 450CS 650
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Admission to the MSIS program or CS 450 or CS 650.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • recognize and analyze primary threat scenarios of potential vulnerabilities for selected settings.
  • identify typical safeguards for computer-based information assets.
  • evaluate and explain organizational policies for information security and privacy.
  • propose limited risk analyses and potential organizational responses.
  • identify appropriate organizational structure within selected typical circumstances.