Information Security Management, CAS

Contact:

Murali Venkatesh, Program Director,

210 Hinds Hall

315-443-2911, igrad@syr.edu

Website:

https://ischool.syr.edu/academics/graduate/cas/cas-information-security-management/

Overview:

Information is a critical asset within an organization. Lives and livelihoods depend on the continuation of information systems and their correct operation. With the increasing complexities of today's hardware, software, and their networking, the need for managing enterprise security becomes more pressing. Information Security Management (ISM) can be defined as the comprehensive skills that manage a high degree of complex technical security, increased operational costs, and diverse policies and user behavior. Senior executives, IT managers, and technical staffs need well-educated, strong skills in ISM for their organizations.

The Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Information Security Management (ISM) offers a comprehensive set of skills for information security management, enabling students to take a lead role in the area within their organizations. The 15-credit CAS provides students with the flexibility to take coursework that does not overlap with their current expertise but gives them tools in information security technology, policy, risk management, and evaluation, depending on their background.

This certificate is offered in both campus and distance learning formats, and can be completed as a full-time or part-time student. The certificate is available to those with or without experience in the information technology field. Applicants may be currently working in a related field, or they may be interested in making a career change into the information security field. The certificate also provides an opportunity for professional development and serves as a foundation for career advancement.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Analyze technical and policy issues, ethics, and diverse user behavior that either impact or are impacted by information security

2. Evaluate and explain applications of information security in highly complex hardware, software, data, and their networking infrastructure

3. Manage the complex interaction between technical security, management issues, policy issues, ethics, and diverse user behavior, as it may affect organizational operations and data integrity

4. Develop and Deliver effective professional communications

Curriculum:

The certificate requires 15 graduate credits. All courses are 3 graduate credits unless specified otherwise.

I. Required Core (3 credits)

IST 623 - Introduction to Information Security 3 credit(s)

II. Secondary Focus Areas (6 credits)

Students need to choose one class in each of the tracks listed below.

Because Information Security is such a dynamically changing field, the MSIM program committee (which includes the Program Director and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs) will maintain two lists of approved electives. These lists will be kept online in a publicly viewable location (i.e.: the course catalog and our own website), and will be updated by May 1 each year.

Management Security (3 credits)

IST 602 - Digital Forensics 3 credit(s)
IST 625 - Enterprise Risk Management 3 credit(s)
IST 725 - Information Technology Security Architecture 3 credit(s)
IST 728 - Information Security Policy 3 credit(s)
LAW 790 - Counterterrorism and the Law 3 credit(s)
LAW 883 - Central Challenges in National Security Law and Policy 3 credit(s)

Technology Security (3 credits)

IST 634 - Security in Networked Environments 3 credit(s)
IST 636 - Leading Issues in Information Security 3 credit(s)
IST 704 - Applied Information Security 3 credit(s)
IST 724 - Database Security 3 credit(s)
CIS 643 - Computer Security 3 credit(s)
CIS 644 - Internet Security 3 credit(s)

III. Information Studies (6 credits)

Students can choose additional 6 credit hours from the Management Security or Technology Security course lists above or from any of the below courses. The independent study and internship need to have a focus in information security in order to count towards the CAS.

IST 603 - Global Financial Systems Architecture 3 credit(s)
IST 556 - Mobile Network Services 3 credit(s)
IST 615 - Cloud Management 3 credit(s)
IST 618 - Information Policy 3 credit(s)
IST 639 - Enterprise Technologies 3 credit(s)
IST 648 - Enterprise Wireless Network Technologies 3 credit(s)
IST 655 - Enterprise IT Consultation 3 credit(s)
IST 658 - Advanced Enterprise Network Management 3 credit(s)
IST 659 - Data Administration Concepts and Database Management 3 credit(s)
IST 690 - Independent Study 1-6 credit(s)
IST 714 - Cloud Architecture 3 credit(s)
IST 971 - Internship in Information Studies 1-6 credit(s)

Earn a Master’s Degree:

Participants in the certificate program have the option of applying these graduate credits toward a master’s degree offered at the School of Information Studies. All 15 credits completed for the certificate can be included in the 42-credit requirement Master of Science in Information Management, or the 36-credit Master of Science in Enterprise Data Systems. Selective credits may be applied to the 36-credit Master of Science in Library and Information Science.