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Graduate Certificate Program in Information Systems Security (ISS) Course Descriptions
Foundation Classes INFS 515 Computer Organization (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Undergraduate courses or equivalent knowledge in structured programming in a high-level language. Computer hardware organization: arithmetic and logical operations; combinational and sequential logic; machine representation of numbers, characters, and instructions; addressing techniques; microprogramming; reduced instruction set computers. Symbolic assembly language, and interrupts and input/output organization, are also covered. Credit cannot be applied toward any graduate degree in SITE. INFS 590 Program Design and Data Structures (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Undergraduate courses or equivalent knowledge in structured programming in a high-level language. A study of the fundamentals of data structures and algorithms applied in programming solutions to application problems. The course stresses structured programming in a modern high-level language. A laboratory is required. Credit cannot be applied toward any graduate degree in SITE.
Certificate Requirements OR 540 Management Science (3:3:0). Prerequisites: MATH 108 and STAT 250 or DESC 200, or equivalent. Operations research techniques and their application to managerial decision-making. Mathematical programming, Markov processes, queuing theory, inventory models, PERT, CPM, and computer simulations are covered, as well as use of contemporary computer software for problem solving. A case-study approach to problem solving is used. OR/MS majors do not receive credit. INFS 601 Operating Systems Theory and Practice (3:3:0). Prerequisites: INFS 501, 515, and 590; or equivalent. Fundamental concepts including process synchronization and scheduling, interprocess communication, memory management, virtual memory, deadlocks, security and access control, file and disk management, performance analysis, and distributed systems. The impact of computer architecture on operating systems is examined. Case studies and comparative analysis of operating systems are presented. INFS 612 Data Communications and Distributed Processing (3:3:0). Prerequisites: INFS 501, 515, and 590; or equivalent. Concepts and applications of telecommunications technologies, networks, and distributed information systems. Topics include regulatory issues, network pricing, and management. Case studies are presented. INFS 614 Database Management (3:3:0). Prerequisites: INFS 501, 515, and 590; or equivalent. Principles of database systems, emphasizing the relational model of data, and covering both the user and the system perspectives. User issues include data modeling, formal and commercial query languages, and the theory of database design. System issues includes file structures, query optimization, and transaction processing. A computing lab is included. INFS 622 Information Systems Analysis and Design (3:3:0). Prerequisites: INFS 501, 515, and 590; or equivalent. Integration of computing technologies, systems analysis, system design practices, and management criteria in the design of large-scale information management and decision support systems. Cases and a computing lab are included.
Graduate Certificate Program in Information Systems Security (ISS) INFS 762 Information Systems Security (3:3:0). Prerequisites: INFS 601, 612, and 614; or permission of instructor. A study of security policies, models, and mechanisms for secrecy, integrity, and availability. Topics include operating system models and mechanisms for mandatory and discretionary controls; data models, concepts, and mechanisms for database security; basic cryptography and its applications; security in computer networks and distributed systems; and control and prevention of viruses and other rogue programs. ECE 646 (formerly 543) Cryptography and Computer Network Security (3:3:0). Prerequisites: ECE 542 or permission of instructor. Topics covered include need for security services in computer networks, basic concepts of cryptology, historical ciphers, modern symmetric ciphers, public key cryptography (RSA, elliptic curve cryptosystems), efficient hardware and software implementations of cryptographic primitives, requirements for implementation of cryptographic modules, data integrity and authentication, digital signature schemes, key exchange and key management, standard protocols for secure mail, www and electronic payments, security aspects of mobile communications, key escrow schemes, zero-knowledge identification schemes, Smart cards and PCMCIA cards, quantum cryptography, and quantum computing. ECE 746 Secure Telecommunication Systems (3:3:0). Discussion of integration of cryptographic algorithms with standard and emerging communication protocols. Issues related to implementation of security services in different kinds of telecommunication networks and at different layers of the network model. A study of selected cryptographic algorithms, including Advanced Encryption Standard and elliptic curve cryptosystems. Choice of a cryptographic algorithm depending on the type of the network and implementation medium. Analysis of various means of implementing cryptographic transformations, including smart cards, desktop computers, routers, cryptographic boards, and stand-alone devices. Criteria of choice between software and hardware implementations of cryptography. INFT 765 Database Security (3:3:0). Prerequisites: INFS 762 and 614; or permission of instructor. Science and study of methods of protecting data: Discretionary and mandatory access controls, secure database design, data integrity, secure architectures, secure transaction processing, information flow controls, inference controls, and auditing. Security models for relational and object-oriented databases, Security of databases in a distributed environment, Statistical database security, Survey of commercial systems and research prototypes. INFT 766 Internet Security Protocols (3:3:0). Prerequisites: INFS 762 or permission of instructor. Review of basic cryptography, and threats and vulnerabilities in distributed systems. Security services: confidentiality, authentication, integrity, access control, nonrepudiation; and their integration in network protocols. Key management, cryptographic protocols and their analysis. Access control, delegation, and revocation in distributed systems. Security architectures, multilevel systems, and security management and monitoring. INFT 767 Secure Electronic Commerce (3:3:0). Prerequisites: INFS 601, 612, 614 and INFS 762 or 766. Cryptography review, cryptographic protocols, secure electronic transactions, public key certificates and infrastructures, authentication and authorization certificates, secure credential services and role-based authorization, mobile code security, security of agent-based systems, electronic payment systems, intellectual property protection, secure timestamping and notarization. INFT 862 Formal Models for Computer Security (3:3:0). Prerequisite: INFS 762, (Restricted to Ph.D. students). Study of formal mathematical models for computer security. Mathematical properties of these models are identified and analyzed. Models are compared with respect to formal and pragmatic criteria and include lattice-based models, noninterference models, models based on propagation of access rights, multilevel data models, integrity models, and miscellaneous models such as the n-tree model for group authorization.
The Information Assurance Scholarship Program is open to U.S. Citizens pursuing undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees from the Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education Copyright © 1994-2004 Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University. |
