All the courses can be completed on-campus or online.
IASP 500(cc) topics on Information Security
This course provides a broad view of information assurance and security and its major subjects: protection of information assets; access to information system; hacking; legislation and industrial standards. In addition, this course will serve as a guideline for students to make their course selections. 3 credits.
IASP 505 Foundation of Cybersecurity Sciences
This course provides cybersecurity majors with background knowledge units that are required by major graduate-level cyber security courses. It focuses on the fundamental concepts related to networks, operating systems, database systems, and computer programming/scripting languages. Students learn both the concepts and the related skill sets in this course. The course provides a fast-paced introduction to scripting languages, core concepts of computer networks, and various system issues developed in computer operating systems and database management systems.
IASP 510 Social Implication of Information Security
This course discusses the social Implications of information security. It covers the social impact and legal issues of modern computing, Intellectual Property issues, Professional and Ethical Issues and Responsibilities, Privacy and Civil Liberties. 3 credits.
IASP 520 data Mining and Knowledge discovery
This course introduces the latest development in data mining. It covers data preparation, data evaluation, clustering and classification, and various practical techniques used widely in the field. 3 credits.
IASP 525 Distributed Database and Security
This course introduces the concepts of secure database and methods of protecting data.
It will cover the discretionary and mandatory access controls, secure database design, data integrity, secure architectures, secure transaction processing, information flow controls and inference controls, and discusses various secure database models including distributed database system. 3 credits.
IASP 530 Forensic Computing
This course covers the need for computer forensics and the basic concepts used in a computer forensics examination; introduces techniques required for conducting a forensic analysis on systems and data. The theories directly correlate to methods used to recover/restore data for various requirements, ranging from litigation to fraud based investigations. 3 credits.
IASP 540 Information Assurance and Management
This course explains information assurance in organizations. Concepts of organizations, strategy, information systems, decision-making and decision support, risk analysis and risk management, and information assurance are introduced and explained. 3 credits.
IASP 550 Intrusion detection and Prevention
This course introduces network firewall security. It will cover basic installation techniques, discuss how to make an intelligent choice of firewall technology and present basic firewall troubleshooting. Moreover, it will cover different intrusion detection systems and their signatures. Students will complete hands-on exercises and case projects for testing and evaluating various firewall techniques. 3 credits.
IASP 560 Wireless Network and Security
This course introduces various wireless network protocols, access modes, wireless devices, management tools and security risks. This course will give students technical background of wireless networks, and discuss the security risk and management tools. 3 credits.
IASP 565 Internet Social Media and Security
This course provides a broad view of social network (internet) threats. Students will first learn why and how social network going to reshape our future in interaction, and also understand such reshape will pose a variety of challenges in both private and public (including social) safety both domestically and internationally. We will teach students how to identify those threats from the features and characteristics of different social networks. We will introduce the latest social network architecture and their security enablement. We will also teach students of using analytic methods to identify and predict potential threads through pattern reorganization. This course will also cover front lines of research topics in social network area in social security. Students also have chance to learn how to define security policies of social networks in government, school and enterprise through case studies. 3 credits.
IASP 580 It Security Audit and Compliance
This course reviews the critical skills and methodologies used to ensure compliance to public- and private-sector regulatory requirements. This course covers how to facilitate internal and external audit requirements, ensuring proper levels of controls, both IT and process level. 3 credits.
IASP 585 Applied Cryptography
This course provides a comprehensive overview of network security. It will cover general security concepts, communication security, cryptography including the differences between asymmetric and symmetric algorithms and the different types of PKI certificates and their usage and discussion of Operational/Organizational Security.
Students will complete hands-on assignments. 3 credits.
IASP 590 Advanced topics in Security Practices
This course applies information security theory that we have learned so far to one specific area such as health care, government, finance, etc. Prerequisite: Student must have completed at least 15 graduate credits and must have the program director’s approval. 3 credits.
IASP 595 Special topics in Information Security Prerequisite: program director's approval
This course is a placeholder and will introduce students to the future developments and trends in the security engineering. The course will be offered on-demand. Students can take it more than once if the specific subjects are different. They are all counted as major electives. 3 credits.
IASP 599 Independent Study
Prerequisite: program director’s approval
This course is a placeholder for students who like to pursue independent study under the supervision of a faculty member. The course will be offered as the need for such a course arises. 3 credits.
IASP 600Master Project
Prerequisite: program director's approval
Designs and implements in depth project under the supervision of a faculty member or a group of faculty members. Students are to select a topic, conduct a comprehensive literature survey, make meaningful contribution toward the field of Cybersecurity, develop project report and present it in front of a group of faculty members and general public. 3 credits.
IASP 601 Master thesis
Prerequisite: IASP 600 and program director's approval
Designs and implements an in-depth thesis under the supervision of a faculty member or a group of faculty members. The thesis will provide a culminating experience under the guidance of the thesis advisor. The main objective is to refine and complete the research done in IASP 600 and submit the work to a journal or conference and complete the final thesis defense. 3 credits.
IASP 890 Capstone Continuation
Students who have completed all coursework but have not completed their capstone project within the required one term must register for this course each subsequent term until the project is completed. No credit, but cost is equivalent to one credit. Only two consecutive terms of capstone continuation registration permitted.
IASP 899 Maintenance of Matriculation
Students are expected to register in successive terms to maintain status as a matriculated student. However, if a student cannot enroll in a term, maintenance of matriculation is required.
The fee is $100 per term and is processed as a registration. Maintenance of matriculation without attending class is limited to one year. Students who have not maintained matriculation and wish to return to their program within one year after their last course registration will be charged the fee for each missed term. Activated U.S. Military Reservists are not required to pay the fee. No credit.