CRJ 670 - Cyber Security, Policy & the Law

A comprehensive introduction to the protection of business information and the systems that support business processes. The objective is to identify common threats and attacks employed against Web-accessible applications, analyze the role of security models and architectures, explain the role of cryptography, and analyze issues related to security management and network security. This course explores how a “networked” world has bred new crimes and new responses, and investigates how information and communication technology (ICT) has become a tool, a target, and a place of criminal activity and national security threats, as well as a mechanism of response. . Topics include defining types of Cyber-Crime & Security, the impact of current legislation, judicial decisions, and government regulations directing the focus of policy formulation. The course covers theory and practice of security policing, computer security, focusing in particular on the security aspects of the web and Internet.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in the Fall Semester