School of Undergraduate Studies

Certificate in Information Assurance

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The information assurance certificate supports those who wish to acquire or improve information security knowledge in response to the national imperative for maintaining the security of the technology and information infrastructure of government and industry. Students gain specific skills and are instructed in areas of policy formation, needs assessment, security applications, and disaster prevention and recovery. Laboratories employing both state-of-the-art and industry-standard tools are used. With appropriate choice of major and elective courses, this certificate may be completed while pursuing the Bachelor of Science in information systems management.

Total Semester Hours: 18

Two required courses:

IFSM 430 - Information Systems and Security (3)
IFSM 450 - Telecommunication Systems in Management (3)

A supporting elective chosen from the following (3):

CMIT 320 - Network Security
IFSM 431 - Policy Planning for Security Architects
IFSM 432 - Disaster Recovery Planning
IFSM 433 - Information Security Needs Assessment and Planning
IFSM 435 - Information Security and E-Commerce
IFSM 454 - Information System Security Mechanisms
IFSM 457 - Cyberterrorism
IFSM 459 - Security Issues and Emerging Technologies

A second supporting elective chosen from the above list (3)

A third supporting elective chosen from the above list (3)

A fourth supporting elective chosen from the above list (3)