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IA 103 - Information Security Overview


A study of the fundamentals of information assurance and security design principles that provide students with the basic knowledge necessary to help create and manage systems that may be trusted. Topics include threats and adversaries, vulnerabilities and risks, basic risk assessment. security life-cycle, intrusions detection and prevention systems, cryptography, data security, security models, access control models, confidentiality, integrity, availability, access, authentication, authorization, non-repudiation, privacy, security mechanisms, separation of domains, isolation, encapsulation, least privilege, simplicity of design, minimization of implementation, fails safe defaults/fail secure, modularity, and usability.

Credit Hours: 3 hrs May not be repeated for credit
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F)

Typically offered Fall and Winter

Class-Level Restriction(s): Undergraduate standing

Last Updated:
Change to course description 2/2016, effective Fall 2016; COT Reorganization 6/2014; 2/2011


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