COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: SECURITY ASSESSMENT & AUDITING
Course prefix, number, and section number: ITSY2359
Semester/Year of course: Spring 2021-2022 (2nd 8 Weeks)
Semester start and end dates: 21 March – 14 May 2022
Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): Asynchronous online
Class meeting location, days, and times: Online
Lab meeting location, days, and times: All labs are done online (cloud-based)
Semester credit hours: 3
Course description: Comprehensive experience for the security curriculum. Synthesizes technical material covered in prior courses to monitor, audit, analyze, and revise computer and network security systems that ensure appropriate levels of protection are in place to assure regulatory compliance. 32 lecture hours + 32 laboratory hours.
Course prerequisites:
Required course materials: Auditing IT Infrastructures for Compliance with Case Lab Access, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781284143447 (paperback + labs) or 9781284168020 (eBook + labs)
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Name of instructor: Zebedee King
Office location: Room 201, Flower Mound Campus
Telephone number: 214-598-3519
E-mail address: zking@nctc.edu
Office hours for students: Monday-Thursday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM (online); Always accessible via email.
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
List of graded assignments: 11 (10 cloud-based labs + 1 final exam)
Final grade scale: 100
Late work policy: Each day an assignment is late will result in 5 points being taken off the submitted work. If an assignment is 10 days late, no credit will be given for that assignment.
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.
COURSE POLICIES
Academic Integrity Policy:
Attendance Policy: Attendance is based on participation in the class, so you are expected to actively participate in the assignments and the graded discussion forums on a weekly basis. I also expect you to check your email every day on M-F for any additional content. Exams are not allowed to be turned in late (exam integrity). Discussion questions are only allowed opened during the week in which they are due.
Withdrawal Policy
A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.
Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is: March 27
Student Learning Outcomes: At the conclusion of the course a student will be able to:
- Appraise security plan to ensure appropriate level of protection
- Assess network security design
- Audit network system based on security design
- Use relevant tools to assure security requirements
Core Objectives:
- Describe the role of information systems security (ISS) compliance in relation to organizations.
- Explain specific U.S. compliance laws and standards, and how they affect IT operations.
- Explain the scope of an IT audit for compliance and the use of standards and frameworks.
- Describe the components and basic requirements for creating an audit plan to support business and system considerations.
- Describe the parameters required to conduct and report on an IT infrastructure audit for organizational compliance.
- Describe information security systems compliance requirements within the seven domains of an IT infrastructure.
- Describe the qualifications, ethics, and certification organizations for IT auditors.
COLLEGE POLICIES
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.
ADA STATEMENT
NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations. See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.
STUDENT SERVICES
NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students. See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS
The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class. If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.
Name of Chair/Coordinator: Manuel Trevino, Jr.
Office location: 1400 North Corinth St., Suite 102, Room 110, Corinth, TX 76208
Telephone number: 940-498-6480
E-mail address: mtrevino@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean: Debbie Huffman
Office location: 1525 W. California St. Gainesville, TX 76240
Telephone number: (940) 668-3357
E-mail address: dhuffman@nctc.edu