Information Security Management

Earn your Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification

 

Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and controlling threats. Putting a solid risk management strategy into practice can be challenging.

To be successful in security management, it's critical to understand not only what risk management is, but also how to create and implement a plan that will help your organization counter risks and to be prepared to expect the unexpected.

This course will provide students the skills required to demonstrate experience in information security governance, program development and management, incident management, and risk management. Participants seeking senior management IT security and control opportunities will find this course beneficial to their quest.

This course will prepare students for the ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification.

Course Highlights:

• Information Security Governance
• Information Risk Management
• Information Security Program Development and Management
• ​Information Security Incident Management

Course Learning Outcomes:

• Establish and/or maintain an information security strategy in alignment with organizational goals and objectives to guide the establishment and/or ongoing management of the information security program
• Establish and/or maintain an information security governance framework to guide activities that support the information security strategy
• Integrate information security governance into corporate governance to ensure that organizational goals and objectives are supported by the information security program
• Establish and maintain information security policies to guide the development of standards, procedures and guidelines in alignment with enterprise goals and objectives
• Define, communicate, and monitor information security responsibilities throughout the organization (e.g., data owners, data custodians, end-users, privileged or high-risk users) and lines of authority

Lab Fee: Students must purchase a uCertify license in order to access uCertify materials for this course. Student's uCertify licenses are valid for 4 months.

MyCAA Scholarship Qualification

 

Eligible students may qualify to use My Career Advancement Account Scholarship (MyCAA) for this course. MyCAA is a workforce development program that provides financial assistance to eligible military spouses.
Click here to apply to the MyCAA scholarship.
 

Course Typically Offered:  Online in every quarter. 

Prerequisite: A BS in Computer Science, equivalent knowledge and experience, or the course CSE-41363 Cybersecurity Fundamentals.

Next Step: After completing this course consider earning your Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification from ISACA. To continue learning, consider taking CSE-41361 Governance of Enterprise IT or CSE-41362 Ethical Hacking.

Contact: For more information about this course, please email infotech@ucsd.edu.

Course Number: CSE-41359
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)

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3/26/2024 - 5/25/2024

$745

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  179791

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:

  Basta, Alfred (Nigel)

  Alfred (Nigel) Basta, Ph.D., CISM, CPENT, LPT, OSCP, CRTO, CRISC, CISA, CGEIT, CASP+, CYSA, is a professor of mathematics, cryptography, and information security, and the CISO at LivingStones Group as well as a professional speaker on internet security, networking, and cryptography. He is a member of many associations, including ISACA, ECE, and the Mathematical Association of America. Dr. Basta’s publications include Computer Security and Penetration Testing, Mathematics for Information Technology, Linux Operations and Administration, and Database Security. In addition, Dr. Basta is an EC-Council’s CPENT Scheme Committee Board member. He has worked as a faculty member and curriculum advisor for programming and cyber security programs at numerous colleges and universities. ...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 4/1/2024.
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  3/26/2024 - 5/25/2024
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.