Information Security Major
Program Chair, Todd A.Whittaker, M.S. Curriculum Development Team: Todd A. Whittaker, M.S. Rob L. Wood, Ed.D., Instructional Designer Advisory Board (listed on page 223)
Information security is a rapidly growing field for both dedicated security professionals as well as other IT practitioners with job prospects increasing in excess of 20% per year through 2018. According to CERT at Carnegie Mellon, “Practicing strong information and cyber security is a nonnegotiable requirement for organizations doing business today.” The costs of not implementing adequate security measures are staggering. It was estimated that the 2007 information breach of several million credit card names and numbers at a major retailer cost the company $135 million in stock value declines by the second quarter of that year, with several multimillion dollar lawsuits in progress. Some estimates of final cost of the breach are in excess of $4 billion. Businesses know that security is critically important.
Information security is a very broad area that is predominantly concerned with the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data as it is processed, stored, and transmitted. Building a layered security architecture with appropriate controls and countermeasures in place at each level is called “defense in depth.”
This major is built to teach the defense in depth approach by covering the major knowledge areas defined by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2. Students will take courses in risk management and compliance, security architecture and controls, business continuity and operations security, network security, and application security. Wherever practical, the curriculum includes hands-on security exercises in a virtualized environment.
Graduates of the Information Security major will: • Communicate effectively for a range of purposes and audiences • Describe the breadth of the information security field and its impact on business • Employ firewalls, VPNs, and stateful packet inspection techniques to harden networks • Identify and analyze, determine impacts, and develop plans to mitigate security risks • Identify and correct programming and software architecture mistakes that lead to application security vulnerabilities • Employ a layered approach to hardware, operating systems, middleware, and applications to produce high-availability services • Develop a consistent and strategic balance among business needs, security policy, industry and regulatory standards, and technology for overall information security architecture • Be prepared to compete successfully in securing employment or progressing in their chosen field
Students in the Computer and Information Sciences Majors may be required to purchase hardware and/or software with capabilities greater than the standard University technology requirements. There will be software requirements beyond the standard Microsoft Office software, such as software development environments, operating systems, virtualization environments and tools, website development and business process documentation tools that will be used in various courses. Students should check the Technology Requirements section of the Academic Bulletin and/or the Course Schedule for the
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requirements relevant for Computer and Information Sciences majors to ensure they have, and are familiar with, the requisite hardware and software. Courses with specific hardware and software requirements are detailed in the course syllabus under the “Required Materials” section.
Additional information of interest to Information Security majors is available at
http://cs.franklin.edu/. A discussion listserv is available for subscription by Information Security majors at
http://listserv.franklin.edu/.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.)
INFORMATION SECURITY (124 SEMESTER HOURS)
FUNDAMENTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (24 HOURS)*
*All courses must be at the 100 or 200 level
Minimum of three semester hours of English Composition (if the course does not have a research paper component, WRIT 130 Research Paper, two semester credits, is also required) Choose WRIT 120 College Writing.
Minimum of three semester hours of Mathematics (at least one mathematics or statistics course beyond the level of intermediate algebra)* Choose from MATH 160 College Algebra, MATH 180 Applied Calculus, MATH 210 Finite Mathematics, MATH 220 Business Calculus, or MATH 215 Statistical Concepts.
Minimum of six semester hours of Sciences (two science courses, with one having a laboratory component) Choose from the Science discipline.
Minimum of six semester hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences (which must be in at least two different disciplines) Choose from the Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, and Sociology disciplines, or Political & Legal Environment of Public Administration (PUAD 295).
Minimum of six semester hours of Arts and Humanities Choose from the Humanities discipline.
*It is recommended that MATH 160 - College Algebra be taken to fulfill the Mathematics requirement in the Fundamental General Education Core, or as the General Education Elective, because it is a prerequisite for several courses in this curriculum.
ADDITIONAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (26 HOURS)
COMP 106 - Introduction to Spreadsheets (1) HUMN 211 - Introduction to Ethical Analysis and Reasoning (2) HUMN 305 - Global Issues (4) MATH 215 - Statistical Concepts (4)
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