Network Security and Information Assurance
Fall 2008 Schedule
 Certificate Information
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July
2006
At A Glance
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NJIT GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
In
Network Security and
Information
Assurance
2006 - 2007 Academic Year
Program Listed Below can
be Conducted
on the Premises
For other graduate
certificates
offered by NJIT visit http://cpe.njit.edu/schedule/gradcert.cfm
- Credential can be
studied, in whole, at NJIT in Newark;
or partially, online.
- Credential relates in
its entirety to any one of the following four NJIT MS
Degrees
(1) Computer Engineering, (2) Electrical Engineering, (3)
Computer
Science or (4) Information
Systems.
- Best suited for
Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
undergraduate degree holder or those willing to take a number of
ancillary courses.
- This NJIT Graduate
certificate has been certified by the USA National Security Agency to
be compliant with the National Training Standard for Information
Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals, NSTISSI No. 4011.
Courses:
Each worth 3 credits or 12 credits in all v
Select
4 from:
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1. Cryptography and Security
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CS 608
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2. Network Management and Security
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CS 696
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3. Principles of Information Assurance
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ECE 698/699
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4. Information Systems Auditing
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IS 680
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5. Computer Security Auditing
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IS 681
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Take care
to select courses in proper order. Check
Course descriptions, because they state if one course must be taken
before
(i.e.; is a prerequisite) to another.
Course
Descriptions:
CS 608 -
Cryptography and Security (3 credits)
This course involves computational methods providing secure Internet
communication. Among the topics covered are: Security threats in
communication
systems; conventional cryptography: substitution and transposition
codes;
distribution of secret key over the Internet; principles of public-key
cryptography; RSA and other public-key cryptographic methods; and
digital
signature protocol.
CS 696 -
Network Management and Security (3 credits)
Prerequisites: Computer Networks Architecture, Protocol and Standards
(CS 652)
or Computer Network Design and Analysis (ECE 683), and Internet and
Higher
Layer Protocols (CS 656).
Thorough
introduction to current network management technology and techniques,
and
emerging network management standards. In-depth study of the existing
network
security technology and the various practical techniques that have been
implemented for protecting data from disclosure, for guaranteeing
authenticity
of messages, and for protecting systems from network-based attacks.
SNMP family
of standards including SNMP, SNMPv2, and RMON (Remote Monitoring), OSI
systems
management. Various types of security attacks (such as intruders,
viruses, and
worms). Conventional Encryption and Public Key Cryptology. Various
security
services and standards (such as Kerberos, Digital Signature Standard,
Pretty
Good Privacy, SNMPv2 security facility). Same as ECE 638.
ECE
698/ECE 699 - Selected Topics: Principles
of Information Assurance
(3 credits) This is a
special area course which in this
instance aims
to
provide the interested student with a working knowledge of information
assurance and in particular network and computer security concepts,
applications
and standards. The emphasis is on security applications, schemes, and
practices
that are of strong interest and wide usage and acceptance on the
Internet and
the Enterprise
networks, as well as the associated widely deployed standards.
IS 680
information Systems Auditing (3 credits)
Prerequisites:
Data Base System Design and
Management (CS 631)
Audit,
control and security issues, requirements and processes in
organizational
Information Systems. The students will explore core knowledge bases,
including
IS organization and management, IS infrastructure and operations,
information
protection, disaster recovery and business continuity, network
standards,
protocols, and devices, business application systems and SDLCs and
project
management. Numerous case studies will
include the application of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) regulatory requirements.
IS 681 -
Computer Security Auditing (3 credits )
Prerequisites: Database Systems Design (CS 631) and permission of the
instructor.
Security
control risks and issues, Information protection concepts, elements of
security
systems, computer crime and legal issues, controls and auditing
systems,
firewall configuration.
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