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CSMN 668 Database Security (3)
Prerequisite: CSMN 661 or equivalent. Information stored in
databases is a valuable asset that needs to be protected from
damage. This course offers both theory of and applications for
providing effective security in database management systems.
Conceptual frameworks for discretionary and mandatory access
control, data integrity, availability and performance, secure database
design, data aggregation, data inference, secure concurrency
control, and secure transactions processing are studied. Models
for multilevel secure databases for both relational and objectrelational
databases are analyzed. Practical applications of database
security concepts are applied in the laboratory component
of this course.
CSMN 681 Cryptology and Data Protection (3)
Prerequisite: CSMN 655. This course traces the historical deve l-
opment of cryptographic methods and cryptanalysis tools. T h e
t h e o ry of encryption using symmetric and asymmetric keys is
p resented. Cu r rent protocols for exchanging secure data, including
the Data En c ryption St a n d a rd and the Ad vanced En c ry p t i o n
St a n d a rd, are discussed. Se c u re communications techniques are
also re v i ewed. Pu b l i c - Key In f r a s t ru c t u re and the use of digital
s i g n a t u res and certificates for protecting and validating data are
examined. The course also explores strategies for the physical
p rotection of information assets.
CSMN 683 Intrusion Detection, Incident Response, and
Computer Forensics (3)
Prerequisite: TLMN 672. The theory, skills, and tools needed in
intrusion detection and computer forensics are the major themes
in this course. The course discusses techniques for identifying
vulnerable target systems and types of malicious code for mitigating
security risks and recognizing attack patterns. It also presents
the conceptual and operational tools necessary for analysis
and resolution of problems with respect to effective filters and
firewalls, attack tracing, system recovery, continuity of operation,
evidence collection, evidence analysis, and prosecution.
CSMN 685 Security Policy, Ethics, and the Legal
Environment (3)
This course assesses the information security environment
within which organizations function today. The course reviews
how, at the national level, policy continually evolves through
administration initiatives and legislative debate. Information
security responsibilities of major domestic and international
agencies such as the Federal Bu reau of In vestigation, the Na t i o n a l
Security Agency, and the National Institute of St a n d a rds and
Technology are reviewed. Issues involving information security
management within the enterprise—including suitable organizational
policy, plans, and implementation strategies—are covered.
Ethical issues such as monitoring employee computer use and
p roper limitations on the use of customer data are also discussed.
CSMN 690 Computer Systems Management
Project (3)
Prerequisite: CSMN 660. Students demonstrate their ability
to structure and complete a major project that identifies and
resolves an important management or organizational issue.
Students report the results of their efforts in written and oral
form. The project may be developed in cooperation with students’
current employers or with some organization of their
choice, provided there is no conflict of interest. The project is
conducted under the direction of an on-site supervisor in cooperation
with a faculty advisor.
CSMN 762D Advanced Relational/Object-Relational
Database Systems (3)
Prerequisite: CSMN 661 or equivalent. Building on the foundation
established in CSMN 661, advanced concepts are explored
in this course. The course provides students with advanced know l-
edge in logical design, physical design, performance, architecture,
data distribution, and data sharing in relational databases.
The concepts of object-relational design and implementation are
introduced and developed. There will be an online laboratory
component for this course.
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