This course addresses the
Homeland Security learning
outcomes marked in bold text.

  1. Define and identify vulnerabilities, threats, and hazards
  2. Assess risk
  3. Plan for emergency action
  4. Formulate prevention and mitigation strategies
  5. Organize responses
  6. Manage recovery options
  7. Evaluate effectiveness

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students will:

  1. Define and describe computer and network security problems, threats/ attacks/ vulnerabilities, basic access control methods, and simple steps to minimize possibility of an attack.
  2. Describe widely used hashing and encryption algorithms, digital signatures, digital certificates (Public-Key Infrastructure), and associated standards and protocols.
  3. Describe major tools and techniques used for securing the Internet communication, e-mail, wireless communication , and remote login authentication and authorization.
  4. Explain basic operational aspects of security such as risk assessment, disaster recovery and business continuity plan, and legal aspects of security.

Principles of Computer Security

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Survey of security considerations as they apply to computer and information systems. Topics include access control, security models and architecture, physical security, networking security, cryptography, disaster mitigation and recovery, and legal and ethical issues.

Pre-requisites: None

Restrictions/Suggestions: Course is available for graduate and undergraduate credit. Undergraduates need 90 hours and GPA > 3.0.

Course Outline

Refer to the table below for specific information pertaining to your school.
If you are
a student at		 Course name and number Contact
Chicago State University Contact your campus coordinator Dr. Marian Perkins
Assistant Professor
Office: HWH 325
Phone: (773) 995-2233
Eastern Illinois University TECH 5363, Database Measurement and Reliability Sue Harvey
Registrar
gsharvey@eiu.edu
(217) 581-3831
Governors State University Contact your campus coordinator Veronica Williams
Director, Extended University
v-williams@govst.edu
708-534-3143
Illinois State University Contact your campus coordinator Dr. Marilyn Morrow
Chair, Health Sciences
mmorrow@ilstu.edu
309-438-8806
Northern Illinois University CSCI 650, Principles of Computer Science Linda Traff
Assistant Director, Credit
ltraff@niu.edu
815-753-8735

Cathy Cradduck
Campus Coordinator
ccradduc@niu.edu
815-753-5008
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Contact your campus coordinator Laura Strom
Registrar
lstrom@siue.edu
618-650-3330
Western Illinois University CS 590 I91 - Topics is Computer Science: Principles of Computer Security Dr. Nancy Parsons
Professor, Health Sciences
NP-Parsons@wiu.edu
309-298-1746