Course No. AIT 612

Course Title: Information Systems Vulnerability and Risk Analysis

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite: AIT 610

Course Description: Security issues in distributed information systems including distributed database systems, financial systems, e-commerce, application software, operating systems, networks, and ways to make software systems more secure.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course students should:

1. understand the security issues related to a software system,
2. should be able to identify risks associated with systems security,
3. should be able design IS that are relatively secured,
4. should comprehend methods of dealing with software security issues including encryption and decryption, and
5. should understand computing environment securities including network and operating system security.