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Course & Section	Information Security, CISC 3325, MW12
Semester	Fall 2024
Class Meeting Location	Ingersoll Hall, Room 1141 (IH-1141)
Class Meeting Time	Mondays, Wednesdays (MoWe), 12:50 PM – 02:05 PM
Instructor	Miriam Briskman
Email	miriam.briskman@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Response Time	Within 24 – 48 hours, between 12 PM to 9:30 PM
Office hours	Wednesdays, 07:30 PM – 09:30 PM, online through Blackboard. Alternatively, please email me to schedule an appointment.

Course Description

Principles and practices of computer and network security. Fundamental concepts and principles of computer security, basic cryptography, authentication and access control, Internet vulnerability (malware, DoS attacks, etc), intrusion detection systems, firewalls, software and operating system security, database security, web and wireless security, managerial and ethical issues in computer security. Lab and project activities such as the use of network probing for illustrative and diagnostic purposes; security tool choice, deployment and configuration; secure programming techniques.

Taken from Brooklyn College's CISC 3325 Course Info Webpage.

Course Textbook

No textbook purchase is required. This is an OER/ZTC course which means all course materials are freely available to you. All content is either open educational resources (OER), zero textbook cost (ZTC) or library resources.

Course website with readings

CISC 3325 Information Security OER website
Reading materials can be found on the website you are currently on: CISC 3325 Information Security.
URL: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/cisc3325

Books/Readings

The InfoSec Handbook: An Introduction to Information Security (pdf)
Citation: Rao, Umesh Hodeghatta, and Umesha Nayak. The InfoSec Handbook: An Introduction to Information Security. Springer Nature, 2014, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4302-6383-8. License: CC BY-NC-ND: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs.
URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-1-4302-6383-8.pdf
Elements of Computer Security [pdf]
Citation: Salomon, David. Elements of Computer Security. Springer Science & Business Media, 2010. Open to CUNY students, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-85729-006-9.
URL: https://link-springer-com.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/content/pdf/10.1007/978-0-85729-006-9.pdf

Syllabi for section MW12

Full Version Syllabus: CISC 3325, section MW12 (pdf)
Citation: Briskman, Miriam. "Syllabus: Information Security." Computer and Information Science Department of Brooklyn College, June 2024. License: CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
URL: https://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~briskman/cisc/3325/MW12/F24_CISC3325_MW12_Syllabus.pdf
Abridged Version Syllabus: CISC 3325, section MW12 (pdf)
Citation: Briskman, Miriam. "Abridged Syllabus: Information Security." Computer and Information Science Department of Brooklyn College, June 2024. License: CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
URL: https://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~briskman/cisc/3325/MW12/F24_CISC3325_MW12_Abridged_Syllabus.pdf

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