Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
CDSE-0035
Organization's ID:
ED 510
Length:
16 weeks (35 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Graduate 3 cybersecurity
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to apply security systems and information assurance practices to become a more effective security leader in the DoD.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Assess the current security environment, including the risks and opportunities that attend new processes and technologies
  • Summarize the nature and role of cybersecurity in both providing and protecting information.
  • Evaluate the essential issues involved in sharing and protecting information, including issues of risk, knowledge sharing, and education.
  • Appraise the interrelationships among elements that comprise a modern security system, including hardware, software, policies, and people.
  • Differentiate the functions and types of modern security systems and illustrate them using specific examples.
  • Assess the tradeoffs that security engineers should consider when designing, implementing, and operating balanced security systems.
  • Evaluate the factors and issues that frame the possible future security environments, and estimate the effect of these issues on current security design and operations.
  • Examine and assess the roles, responsibilities, requirements, and effectiveness of select DoD information systems and programs.
  • Investigate and evaluate the effectiveness of cybersecurity relative to the DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD IT.
  • Discuss and evaluate the effectiveness of how cybersecurity principles are applied in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP).
  • Discuss and evaluate the security effectiveness of information systems that currently exist to support DoD security programs.
  • Appraise information systems that could or should be developed in the future (near-term and long-term) to support DoD security.

General Topics:

  • Overview of the Security Environment Transitioning to the Future—Cloud and Mobile Computing Transitioning to the Future—Social Media Risk Analysis Systems Engineering and Security The Human Side of Security Cybersecurity Systems and Programs Analysis Toolkit
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Quizzes
  • Written Papers
  • class participation discussion forums

Minimum Passing Score:

80%
Supplemental Materials