CIS 222 - Fundamentals of IT Security

3 Credits

This course introduces the concepts of information security and explores the need for organizational policy to define required services such as confidentiality, authentication, integrity, non-repudiation, access control and availability, and mechanisms to implement those services. The course covers different domains of security including physical security, computer security, and network security; common threats to and attacks against information systems, including accidental damage, identity theft, malicious software, and "spam"; and defensive measures. Students passing this class will be better prepared to take the CompTIA Security+ certification exam.