BTAC 214 - Introduction to Information Security

Credits: 5
Introduces the multi-faceted aspects of information security: facility and hardware security, data security, human security, organizational security, network security, and Internet security. Discusses the legal and ethical issues concerning information security. Focuses on information security for business and personal use, but does not deal with specific technical security equipment.

Prerequisite: BTAC 100 with a grade of 2.0 or higher; or instructor permission. Recommended: BTAC 150 or IT 101.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Discuss the history of computer security and how it evolved into information security.
Identify the key terms and critical concepts of information security.
Discuss the threats posed to information security and the more common attacks associated with those threats.
Identify major national laws that relate to the practice of information security.
Define risk management and identify management’s role.
Identify the business continuity plan and the disaster recovery plan and their parts.

Program Outcomes
Implement calculator/computer technology to solve problems.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.