Session

Fall 2024

 Term

F

Format

LECT

Instructor

Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite

Introduces information assurance and security, examines the vulnerabilities of IT infrastructures and describes the fundamental objectives involved in creating and managing information security and security threats faced by enterprises today. Building on the basic principles and strategies of information assurance, the course will describe: risk management; the development of security policies, guidelines, awareness programs, employment practice and policies; legal and ethical issues; IT security auditing; the relationship between policy and security; the role and application of cryptography; the mechanisms used to implement policies; and the methodologies and technologies for assurance, vulnerability analysis, and intrusion detection. Students need to be familiar with distributed and local networks; client/server and Intranet, and Web-based technologies. Prerequisite: AP/ITEC3210 (3.00), AP/ITEC3010 (3.00), AP/ITEC3220 (3.00).

Course Start Up

Course Websites hosted on York's "eClass" are accessible to students during the first week of the term. It takes two business days from the time of your enrolment to access your course website. Course materials begin to be released on the course website during the first week. To log in to your eClass course visit the York U eClass Portal and login with your Student Passport York Account. If you are creating and participating in Zoom meetings you may also go directly to the York U Zoom Portal.

For further course Start Up details, review the Getting Started webpage.

For IT support, students may contact University Information Technology Client Services via askit@yorku.ca or (416) 736-5800. Please also visit Students Getting Started UIT or the Getting Help - UIT webpages.