Information Assurance - Undergraduate Programs
The Bachelors program has four concentrations:
Information Assurance Management
Information assurance management will enable the student to focus on management of information systems. The practice of vulnerability, risk, countermeasures and ethics enable the IA manager to meet cyber security in the 21st century.This concentration of study will enable that management oriented student to apply secure computing concepts in the protection of cyberspace.
Applied information assurance management prepares the student with hands-on applications for analysis, prevention, deterrence and countermeasures of information security and integrity in the global arena. Students who select this concentration of study will find that hands-on application will enable them to embrace the concepts studied in lecture format and apply those concepts in a laboratory setting. Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation are critical in today's security fields.
Information Assurance Encryption
Information assurance encryption will prepare the students for master’s or doctoral work. The sustained and rapid advance of information technology in the 21st century dictates the adoption of a flexible and adaptable cryptographic strategy for protecting national security information. This strategy complements the existing policy for the use of the advanced encryption standard (AES) to protect national security systems and information as specified in The National Policy on the Use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to Protect National Security Systems and National Security Information (CNSSP-15)
The Network Security and Administration concentration prepares the student with hands-on applications for administration, design, and implementation of secure computer networks. Students will learn to administer network environments to be scalable, secure and available. Student work will center on best practice administration across Microsoft, Open Source and CISCO products. Students will implement these products and build countermeasures for defending services that underpin the product solution. Students who select this concentration of study will find that hands-on application of classes will enable them to embrace the concepts studied in lecture format and apply those concepts in a laboratory setting.
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