Certificate of Advanced Study
in Information Security Management
Earn your certificate of advanced study in information security management.
Learn to manage complex technical security systems, increased operational costs, diverse company policies and procedures, and user behavior with our Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.) in Information Security Management.
- Develop the ability to manage advanced technical security systems and mitigate operational risks in organizations.
- Learn to align security practices with diverse company policies, procedures, and user behaviors.
- Gain specialized knowledge in information security technology, policy-making, risk management, and system evaluation.
- Earn credentials from a program recognized as a National Center of Academic Excellence, supported by the NSA and Department of Homeland Security.
- Prepare for leadership roles in cybersecurity, with expertise in information assurance and cyber defense.
Quick Info
Next term starts Spring 2025, on campus
5 Courses / 15 Total Credit Hours
Courses & Curriculum
The Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Information Security Management (ISM) offers a comprehensive set of skills for information security management, enabling students to take a lead role in the area within their organizations. The 15-credit CAS provides students with the flexibility to take coursework that does not overlap with their current expertise but gives them tools in information security technology, policy, risk management, and evaluation, depending on their background.
Required Core- 3 Credits
IST 623 | 3 CREDITS
Basic concepts and technologies of information security. Students who successfully complete this course will have a comprehensive overview of information security with some hands-on experience.
Secondary Focus Areas – 6 credits
IST 602 | 3 CREDITS
Examination of information technology to establish probative information. Fundamentals of the forensic process, evidence handling and quality assurance as these apply to digital forensics.
IST 625 | 3 CREDITS
A multidisciplinary perspective of risk assessment, modeling, and management. Topics include: concepts of personal accountability versus governance and policy; how organizations define and measure risk and loss; and plan for contingencies.
IST 725 | 3 CREDITS
Introduces concepts and practices, using an organization-wide enterprise architecture as context. The purpose of an IT security architecture is to ensure proper levels of information confidentiality, integrity, and availability are provided for an organization’s information and data.
IST 728 | 3 CREDITS
Designed for business, law, and technology students interested in information security as it impacts the management and operations of business and government. Information security policy and best business practices.
LAW 790 | 3 CREDITS
This course will concern U.S. and international law responses to terrorism. The course will include a brief overview and history of terrorism. Topics will include legal definitions of terrorism, investigation and intelligence collection in the U.S. and abroad, apprehension of terrorists across borders, immigration and border controls, prosecution of terrorists, sanctions against terrorism and its supporters (including reprisal, assassination, asset freeze and forfeiture), crisis and consequence management in the event of terrorist attacks (including martial law and detention, domestic use of the military, catastrophic emergency measures, hostage and rescue operations), and law reform issues.
LAW 883 | 3 CREDITS
Using a series of case study modules that jump off the front page, the course examines critically the hardest U.S. national security law and policy challenges of the decades ahead. The case studies range from decisions to intervene and what laws apply if we do intervene in humanitarian crises, insurrections, or civil wars, and what laws should govern when we are involved; dealing with the Arab Spring; dealing with Iran and North Korea related to nuclear weapons; anticipating and controlling new technologies in warfare and surveillance; managing civil/military relations in protecting the homeland; countering the cyber threats to our infrastructure and cyber attacks waged by nation states, such as China and Russia; managing public health as a national security issue; resource depletion and global warming as a national security issue. Students will learn to integrate legal and policy analyses, and will gain lessons in how policy is made and implemented with significant legal guidance. Students will present analyses of case studies to the class, and will write briefing memoranda concerning some of the case study modules.
CSE 643 | 3 CREDITS
Operating system security. Unix security. Trusted Computing Base. Authentication. Access control. Security models. Capability. Sandboxing. Software vulnerabilities. Worms. Viruses. Secure engineering principles. Secure programming. Auditing. Forensics.
CSE 644 | 3 CREDITS
Internet architecture. Security and attacks on TCP/IP, DNS, and BGP protocols. Internet protocol security. Firewall. Intrusion detection. Network traceback. Web security. Encryption. Public Key infrastructure. One-way harsh function. Digital signature. Security protocols.
IST 634 | 3 CREDITS
Security technologies and management in networked/Internet environments with hands-on skills and research opportunities. This course provides students with the concepts, threats, and key components of network security with technologies and effective management.
PREREQ IST 623
IST 636 | 3 CREDITS
This course is intended to cover today’s leading issues and challenges in information security, considering social, ethical, management, and global perspectives that are related to current technology trends.
PREREQ IST 623 OR IST 323 with a minimum grade of B or higher
IST 704 | 3 CREDITS
Applications of information security including hands-on experience. Students who successfully complete this course will understand how information security technology is applied to real systems.
PREREQ IST 623 OR IST 323 with a minimum grade of B or higher
Information Studies – 6 credits
IST 603 | 3 CREDITS
Double Numbered with IST 303
Structures of real-world information systems in money supply chain. Emphasis on large-scale banking organizations and their challenges in moving and processing millions of complex transactions worldwide. Additional work for graduate students.
IST 615 | 3 CREDITS
Cloud services creation and management. Practical experience in using, creating and managing digital services across data centers and hybrid clouds. Strategic choices for cloud digital service solutions across open data centers and software defined networks.
IST 618 | 3 CREDITS
Public policy issues that affect the information, library, and telecommunication sectors. These include privacy and security, intellectual property, freedom of expression, communications access, and public sector information. Application of economic, legal, and political science concepts to policy analysis.
IST 639 | 3 CREDITS
Coverage of management and technical architecture issues that comprise enterprise computing environments. In depth focus on identifying and solving large complex problems and using large computing systems to deploy enterprise scale solutions. Hands-on development on enterprise systems.
IST 648 | 3 CREDITS
Double Numbered with IST 448
Technologies, standards, implementation, and management of advanced broadband wireless data systems. Includes examination of analog and digital wireless subsystems, antennas, access devices, and enterprise infrastructure components. Technical presentations, discussion of industry activities, and labs. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ IST 653
IST 655 | 3 CREDITS
Double Numbered with IST 455
Course for information professionals considering challenging career of modern IT consultant. Main focus on consultation process, research and logical thinking, communications with client, and presenting to broad audiences. Additional work for graduate students.
IST 658 | 3 CREDITS
Advanced computer networking concepts in planning, design and management of the infrastructure needed for supporting data intensive, cloud and virtualized environments. Previous knowledge of TCP/IP concepts is required.
IST 659 | 3 CREDITS
Definition, development, and management of databases for information systems. Data analysis techniques, data modeling, and schema design. Query languages and search specifications. Overview of file organization for databases. Data administration concepts and skills.
IST 690 | 1-6 CREDITS
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable
IST 714 | 3 CREDITS
Advanced, lab-based exploration of enterprise cloud migration/adoption costs, planning and economics; cloud application/service design, network and data center resource orchestration. Topics also include cloud elastic sizing, risk management, governance, compliance and monitoring.
PREREQ IST 615
IST 971 | 1-3 CREDITS
Fully supervised internship experience for graduate students in the MSIS degree program. Must meet GPA requirements and complete a learning agreement with site supervisor
Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum