ICT-1301: Fundamentals of Information Security

Description
This course covers basic concepts and techniques in applied information security, e.g., confidentiality, integrity, availability, and current concerns of anonymity, privacy and safety of web-based transactions, forensics investigations, etc. The course mainly covers five major dimensions from perspective of information security that include: understanding existence of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities; explaining security implications in different architecture and design settings; implementing cybersecurity network solution; understanding the importance of policies, processes and procedures for incident response; and developing an understanding about importance of policies for organizational security.