ISCM8320 - Information Security & The Law

This course enables students to research legal and security issues and challenges that individuals, organizations, and communities face in today's cyber space. Current and emerging technologies and their impact on the changes and rapid expansion of state and federal laws will be examined in the context of the increasing cybercrimes and cyberwarfare such as identity theft, fraud, software hackings, cyber-attacks on organizational and governmental properties by foreign hackers, property rights violations, online stalking, plagiarism, bullying, sexual harassment, threats, and the dark web propaganda of misinformation and disinformation services. How to defend and prevent one's privacy and security in the digital age are explored. The course covers the following topics: information security; cybersecurity law, policy & management; IoT security & privacy; application security; cybersecurity defense; computer & software security; digital ethics, free speech vs. hate speech, and human behavior-based security. 3 Credits
3 Credits