Information Assurance and Security Certificate
Demand for technical security and information assurance professionals has risen dramatically in recent years due to a variety of factors including changes to Canada’s privacy laws; the need to protect and certify data in light of increased attacks by worms; and electronic virus and spy-ware usage.
This four-course series is core to understanding Information Assurance issues and methodology such as what is “Information Assurance,” how is data verified and encrypted and what safeguards should be taken.
The data you are trying to protect, and what is a proper incident response to an attack or security breach will also be covered in this course.
Objectives
- Understanding of basic security, legislation, threats, policies, procedures and security-management issues
- Understanding of key concepts of encryption, countermeasures and safeguards
- Understanding of strategic, conceptual and pragmatic approach to incident response
Required Courses
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the area of network & information security. The course provides the conceptual foundation for more advanced topics covered in later IAS courses. In this course, students are exposed to basic concepts such as the context of information security, legislation, threats, policies, procedures, security management issues, and risk management and assessment. The course is designed to be conceptual in nature and provides limited hands on experience in working with many of the concepts presented.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the area of cryptography and encryption and how it relates to network security. The course will cover the key concepts of encryption and examine how they apply to the network environment and eBusiness in general. The benefits and drawbacks of encryption will also be discussed.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the concepts of counter measures, and safeguards such as remote access controls, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and virtual private networks. The prerequisite for the course is successful completion of the IASC level 1 & 2 courses. The course is designed to be conceptual in nature and provides limited hands on experience in working with many of the concepts presented.
The student will be introduced to the methodology surrounding incident response, response escalation, and forensic evidence collection. The course will cover the processes and procedures involved with IR, and provide students with practical hands-on training related to response escalation and forensic evidence gathering.
Completion of all of the following (78 hours)