COSC430-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010

Information Security Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 5 March 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 21 May 2010

Description

This course covers the processes involved in the management of computer/network systems including security policies, risk assessment, management, certification and accreditation, system audit, and security in two-party outsource arrangements.

COSC430 builds on Section 1 of COSC332: Data and Network Security through a combination of case studies of information security management issues, incidents and examples, plus research and application of current best practices and standards. The focus of this course is on management processes and the business context of information security. It touches on a number of technical areas but does not require the student to have in-depth technical experience in systems development or administration.
•      Assessing and managing security risks
•      Developing security policies and plans
•      Evaluating, validating and certifying the security of IT operations and systems
•      User authentication and privilege management
•      Ongoing security management and governance
•      International standards and requirements, including ISO/IEC17799: Information Security Management, COBIT and Sarbanes-Oxley.
•      Managing for changes in technologies, environments and business needs.

Prerequisites

Subject to Head of Department approval.

Course Coordinator

Ray Hunt

Guest Lecturer

Jay Garden (High-Ground Information Security)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $737.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

All COSC430 Occurrences

  • COSC430-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010
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