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06: Data Security UMBC: Spring 2021


About This Course

This course will introduce the role that data security plays in our everyday, the common threats to security, and techniques that help protect and ensure the integrity of data. In this course, students will identify and apply information assurance principles of confidentiality,integrity,availability;identify theconcepts riskmanagement and riskmanagement lifecycles;describe the spectrum and implications of insider threats;explain various methods to prevent insider threats;explain authorization and access control principles and methods;and explain data classification standards and methodologies based on various risk factors.

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Identify information assurance principles confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation*
  • Apply the principles confidentiality, integrity,and availability.*
  • Identify the concepts risk management and risk management lifecycles*
  • Describe the spectrum and implications of insider threats*
  • Identify situations vulnerable to insider threats*
  • Explain various methods to prevent insider threats*
  • Explain authorization and access control principles and methods*
  • Explain data classification standards and methodologies based on various risk factors*
  • *Greater Washington Partnership (GWP) Data Science Generalist Framework

    Prerequisites

    There are no prerequisites for this course.

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    1. Course Number

      06Spring2021
    2. Classes Start

    3. Classes End

    4. Estimated Effort

      3-4 Hours
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