Nova Southeastern University

Information Security Incorporated in Non-Technical Disciplines

Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Information Assurance/Security Undergraduate Minor

Math Science & Technology - Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

The information assurance/security minor is intended for students in any major who wish to acquire more knowledge about computer and network security infrastructures and software. Topics covered include general surveys of computer and information security technologies, legal and ethical aspects of computer security, and related data structures and operating systems.

Information Assurance/Security Minor Required Courses

CSIS 3023 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Computing (3 credits)
CSIS 3400 Data Structures (4 credits)
CSIS 3810 Operating System Concepts (3 credits)
CSIS 4010 Computer Security (3 credits)
CSIS 4030 Information Security Technologies (3 credits)

Criminal Justice

The Master of Science in Criminal Justice program includes a series of information security related courses:

CJI 0606 Terrorism from a Criminal Justice Perspective (3 credits):
This graduate course addresses the problem of terrorism from a criminal justice perspective. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of terrorism and the major issues associated with responding to terrorism in a democratic society. The first half of the course defines and conceptualizes international criminal law generally and terrorism specifically, reviews the history of terrorism, and discusses criminological theories that can best be applied to terrorism. The second half of the course focuses on the threat of terrorism in and against the United States. We will review and analyze trends in terrorist activity (including cyberterrorism), terrorist groups, and specific strategies used to respond to terrorist threats in the United States.

CJI 6101 Fundamentals of Security Technologies (3 credits)
This course investigates fundamental assurance technologies that can be applied to interface specifications, architectures, and implementations of information security mechanisms. Principles of testing are discussed and applied to demonstrative and vulnerability testing. The selection of appropriate security applications, security lifecycles, and interoperability issues will also be covered. Prerequisites: CJI 6106, 6109.

CJI 6102 Information Security Management (3 credits)
This course will integrate concepts and techniques from management and organizational behavior in order to identify, understand, and propose solutions to the problems of computer security and security administration. Particular focus will be on the role of managers in the security process and the development of effective policies and procedures. Prerequisites: CJI 6107, 6108

CJI 6103 Information Security Policy, Privacy, and Ethics (3 credits)
This course will cover the development and need for information security policies, issues regarding privacy, and the application of computer ethics. The course will also focus on legal issues and legislation that impacts the design, implementation, and administration of secure infrastructures. Prerequisite: CJI 6107.

CJI 6104 Information Systems Auditing and Secure Operations (3 credits)
Information security ultimately depends upon correct usage of available security features. This course covers principles and practice related to secure operation of existing information technology. Topics related to security auditing and accountability will also be discussed. Prerequisites: CJI 6107, 6108.

CJI 6105 Information Security Project (3 credits)
This project course integrates all of the knowledge accumulated through the previous courses and serves as a capstone for the Concentration in Information Security. The class focuses on best practices demonstrated through case studies and systems assessment. Students may enroll in this class only after completing all of the information security concentration courses.

Shepard Broad Law Center

The Shepard Broad Law Center offers three courses in the JD program that are related to information security:

LAW 0755 - Advanced Criminal Law
This course focuses on the prosecution and defense of federal crimes: "racketeering," drug trafficking, bank secrecy, computer crime, mail fraud, perjury, obstruction of justice, etc. In addition to elements of and defenses to substantive crimes, selected issues in the investigative process, such as immunity, and sentencing, are studied
 
LAW 0760 - Cyberlaw Seminar
This seminar will address the emerging public and private legal issues, which arise from the growth of the Internet and the associated digital revolution. The seminar will introduce students to representative subset of legal problems that lawyers are addressing and will continue to address in this new environment. Potential topics include privacy rights, intellectual property, defamation, criminal laws, content control, bounds of jurisdiction, encryption technology, e-commerce, ethics, and existing regulatory regimes applicable to internet activities

LAW 0788 - Computers and the Law
An examination of the following topics: understanding the technology, discovery and evidence; legal research on the internet; new forms of technology/information protection; living with "big brother" -privacy and business issues; computers, e-mail, the internet, and related technologies.

Business Administration

The School of Business and Entrepreneurship provides MBA students the opportunity to study information systems including information security. Currently, two specialty tracks are offered, one in information security, and one in management information systems. The information security track includes five information security related courses (listed below). In addition, MBA students can take individual information security courses without having to take the entire track.

Fundamentals of Security Technologies
Information Security Management
Information Security Policy, Privacy, and Ethics
Information Systems Auditing and Secure Operations
Information Security Project

Medical Informatics

The College of Osteopathic Medicine offers the M.S. in Medical Informatics that includes the following information security related course:

 MI 152 Information Security

Cross Disciplinary Studies

The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers the M.A. 
in Cross-Disciplinary Studies that includes a concentration track in 
Information Systems and Society. This track includes the following 
information security related courses:

Computer Security

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Computing