Management Information Systems 415 - Policy and Administration in Information Security (Three semester hours)

This course involves detailed examinations of a systems-wide perspective of information security, beginning with a strategic planning process for security. It includes an examination of the policies, procedures and staffing functions necessary to organize and administrative ongoing security functions in the organization. Subjects include security practices, security architecture and models, continuity planning and disaster recovery planning. This course will enable the student to manage the security process in a wide array of business and industrial settings. They will learn to use the tools that will assist in the management process. It will also involve the development of the security implementation philosophy and the manner in which that philosophy should be
applied in a variety of business settings.

Prerequisite: Junior/Senior standing, Management Information System 315 or instructor approval.