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UMBC CMSC 421 |
I have received the following information from Dr. Sherman:
A formal certificate program in Information Assurance is under development. Until this program is in place, undergraduate and graduate students in any major may complete an informal track in IA by completing any four approved core courses in IA. Upon completion of these four courses and the usual degree requirements, the Dean of Engineering will write a letter of recognition that the student has completed the requirements of a track of study in information assurance at UMBC.
Approved core IA courses include the following
CMSC-442 | Information and Coding Theory |
CMSC-443 | Cryptology (spring 2004) |
CMSC-482 | Computer Systems Security |
CMSC-491-N | Network Security |
CMSC-491-IA | Information Assurance (spring 2004) |
CMSC-491-U | Unix Security Administration and Policy (spring 2004) |
CMSC-652 | Cryptology |
CMSC-791-IA | Information Assurance (spring 2004) |
IFSM-430 | Information Systems Security |
If you intent to pursue this informal track in IA, please send me the following information by this Friday (Dec 7). Include CISA in the subject header.
Name: Email address: Major: Degree program: Expected date of graduation: Number of core IA courses completed to date:
Dr. Alan T. Sherman sherman@umbc.edu Director, UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance (CISA) http://www.cisa.umbc.edu
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Information Assurance (IA) encompasses the scientific, technical, and
management disciplines required to ensure
computer and network security. Information assurance deals with
operations that protect and defend information and
information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity,
authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation, including
operations for the restoration of information systems by incorporating
protection, detection, and reaction capabilities.
Importantly, information assurance includes and emphasizes availability,
detection, and reaction, and not just
confidentiality and authentication. Information assurance includes
system and network administration and operations,
systems security engineering, information assurance systems and product
acquisition, cryptography, threat and
vulnerability assessment, risk management, web security, operation of
emergency response teams, information
assurance training, education, and management, computer forensics, and
defensive information operations.
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