Title: Class Outline 1
Course: KVCC BUS214 > Section: Class Outlines

1.      Introduction both personal and to the class

2.      Syllabus review

a.      Methods to communicate with instructor – Cell Phone 859-0444 Personal email: campbell@countermail.com

b.      Office Hours – I will be on campus until around 2:00pm every day for the months January and February due to being part of a robotics team. After this time period I will be on campus longer and will notify the class. I am always available by phone, text, and email otherwise.

c.      Textbook - Testout Security Pro

d.      Course Description, Objectives, and Content

e.      Grading

f.       Attendance – attendance will be recorded both in class and using video tracking software for the online students, more on this later.

g.      Course Requirements

i.           Assignments – one assignment a week and are usually application based. You have a full week to complete. All assignments are posted online.

ii.           Exams – There are a few exams during this class and like the assignments will require you to apply the information that you have learned up to that point. They will all be open book because of this. You will have a week for normal exams and two weeks for the final.

iii.           Project – There is a large project that will extend the entire course. You are tasked with examining a business and auditing their security while developing a suite of policies and recommendations as to how they can harden their infrastructure.

iv.           Other bits and pieces

3.      Blackboard demonstration and exploration

4.      Lecture capture

a.      All classes will be recorded and placed online within hours of class.

b.      When video is ready for viewing an email will be sent out.

c.      Videos will require the inputting of your email address before viewing. This will allow tracking of your views of the video and will be used for attendance purposes.

d.      Screen casts will be done for any demonstrations that are made during class and posted in a similar fashion.

5.      Testout Exploration

6.      What is the point of this class?

a.      As we increase our online presence as individuals and organizations we need to be ever vigilant of various security concerns. The news is full of attacks and cyber threats that result in large scale disruptions. As people's experience and knowledge of these tools increases added to the factor that more items will be linked to the online world, will lead to an eventual overload of security issues. Instead of being reactive we need to understand that security is a threat and prepare for it to do our best to lessen attacks and threats. It is unlikely that any countermeasures will make a business 100 percent safe however preparation will result in better outcomes than ignoring the problem.

7.      Why you should be excited.

a.      Creating users is a task that all administrators must do however there are tricks on their creation and management that can make systems more secure in the long run.

b.      You will learn how to harden various aspects of network and server systems.

c.      Cryptography and encryption are two hot topics when it comes to computers and security. In class we will learn about many different aspects of this such as keys and hashing.

d.      Most businesses are reactive and the desire should be to shift to being reactive. One of the best ways to do this is through policy creation.

e.      There are many different styles of assets and each needs to be protected in a certain way. Knowing what methods are used to attack these areas will allow you to begin to create countermeasures.

f.       Once you have a further understanding of these tools and various defenses then you can begin the process of examining networks and performing audits of their security while suggesting fixes to plug holes in their infrastructure.

Attached Files: | - KVCC BUS214_InfoSystemsSecurity_Outline 1.pdf