NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Course title: SECURITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Course prefix, number, and section number: ITSY2441

Semester/Year of course: Spring 2021-2022 (16 weeks)

Semester start and end dates: 18 Jan – 16 May 2022

Modality: Face-to-Face

Class meeting location, days, and times: Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 10:50 PM

Lab meeting location, days, and times: Room 201, Flower Mound Campus

Semester credit hours: 3

Course description: In-depth coverage of security management practices, including asset evaluation and risk management; cyber law and ethics issues; policies and procedures; business recovery and business continuity planning; network security design; and developing and maintaining a security plan. 48 lecture hours + 32 lab hours
Course prerequisites: None listed.

Required course materials: Johnson, Robert and Chuck Easttom. Security Policies and Implementation Issues, Third Edition. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2022 (ISBN 9781284199840) + Theory Labs ($119.95)

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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: 15 (10 online labs+4 QEP Tasks+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: April 4

Student Learning Outcomes: At the conclusion of the course a student will be able to:

• Develop a security plan
• Establish suitable level of protection
• Determine legal issues
• Implement network security design
• Revise risk analysis and security plan.

Core Objectives:

• Describe information systems security (ISS), information assurance, and governance, and the importance of ISS policies.
• Recognize the relationship between business drivers and ISS policies.
• Identify the relationship between regulatory compliance requirements and ISS policies.
• Analyze how security policies help mitigate risks and support business processes in various domains of IT responsibility.
• Identify the role of an IT policy framework in meeting an organization's core values and business objectives.
• Describe different ISS policies.
• Describe issues related to ISS policy implementation and enforcement.
• Compare security policy framework components and approaches.
• Describe how to design, organize, implement, and maintain IT security policies.
• Describe the different issues related to defining, tracking, monitoring, reporting, automating, and organizing compliance systems and technologies.

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.

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