MG-GY 8213 Information Security and Privacy for Managers

3 Credits

This course addresses the principles of information security and privacy from a risk management perspective. Students learn why security is important to the enterprise and the potential impacts of security and privacy failures. Attacks will be discussed in terms of the goals of the attackers, their capabilities and the concept and high-level technical aspects of the attack’s operation. Each of the leading security controls is discussed in terms of the kinds of attacks it is meant to thwart, the concept of the defensive operations of both technologies and related processes, and management issues concerning the control.

Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0