MGT326 Securing Corporate Information Assets

The proliferation of corporate database and the development of telecommunication network technology as gateways to intrusion are examined. Ways of investigating the management of the risk and security of data systems are presented as a function of design through recovery and protection. Issues of risk and security, as they relate to specific industries government, are major topics in the course. Examples are presented of how major technological advances in computer and operating systems have placed data, as tangible corporate assets, at risk. Quantitative techniques for risk assessment and for qualitative decision making under uncertainty are explored. 4 quarter hours