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Information Assurance and Security (IAS)

Submitted by sputtagu on Wed, 2010-10-20 16:43
Program Summary
Fee: 
available as a custom program
Overview: 

Ensuring Dependable and Secure Information Systems and Networks for the Information Security Professional .   
Information systems through various types of networks have been indispensable for modern societies in the information age. In order to use and process information with great confidence, both the information systems and networks as well as the information must be trustworthy. To achieve this objective, users need not only dependable and secure information systems and networks, but also effective mechanisms to ensure the integrity and quality of the information.

The Information Assurance and Security (IAS) Program at Arizona State University addresses the broad issues of developing trustworthy information systems and ensuring the quality of information being stored, processed and transmitted by information systems and networks. The IAS program is multi-disciplinary in nature and scope, consisting of more than 20 faculty members from several academic programs.

Information Assurance and Security (IAS) encompasses the scientific, technical, and management disciplines required to ensure the trustworthiness of information systems and networks. We also have strong academic programs including concentrations in information assurance at the B.S., B.S.E., M.S., and Ph.D. level.

Information systems through various types of networks have been indispensable for modern societies in the information age. In order to use and process information with great confidence, both the information systems and networks as well as the information must be trustworthy. To achieve this objective, users need not only dependable and secure information systems and networks, but also effective mechanisms to ensure the integrity and quality of the information.

The Information Assurance and Security (IAS) Program at Arizona State University addresses the broad issues of developing trustworthy information systems and ensuring the quality of information being stored, processed and transmitted by information systems and networks. The IAS program is multi-disciplinary in nature and scope, consisting of more than 20 faculty members from several academic programs.

Information Assurance and Security (IAS) encompasses the scientific, technical, and management disciplines required to ensure the trustworthiness of information systems and networks.

We also have strong academic programs including concentrations in information assurance at the B.S., B.S.E., M.S., and Ph.D. level.

 Program objectives

  • Identify security threats

  • Reduce susceptibility to attack

  • Learn the latest in firewalls, data encryption and decryption, countermeasure

  • Protect network users from hostile applications and viruses

  • Detect and respond to network and host-based intruder attacks

  • Manage your organizations security

Instructors

Stephen S. Yau joined ASU in 1994 as professor and chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department. He was professor and chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Florida from 1988 to 1994. In 1961, he joined the faculty of Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., and later became the Walter P. Murphy Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science there. He is currently a Professor in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering. He has published more than 210 journal and conference papers and his research has been supported by NSF, AFRL, ONR, ARO, NIH and companies including Hitachi and Fujitsu. Dr. Yau is the Director of the Information Assurance Center

Partha Dasgupta joined ASU in 1991. Prior to ASU, he held an appointment with Georgia Tech. He held visiting faculty positions at New York University in 1993-1994 and 1998-1999. NSF, DARPA and other sources have consistently funded Dasgupta’s research.

Arunabha Sen joined ASU in 1987. Associate Chair for Graduate Programs and Research

Sen’s teaching focuses on networks and algorithms. His research looks at resource optimization problems in telecommunication networks. He also works on physical design of VLSI circuits, hardware-software co-design and network security.

Dr. Nong Ye is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Ye received her Ph.D. degree (1991) in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, and her M.S. degree (1988) and B.S. degree (1985) in Computer Science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University in P. R. China, respectively. Dr. Ye's past and current research activities have received over $8M external funding support and have produced seventy-eight journal papers and three books.

Dr. Ye's research focuses on modeling, mining and analyzing massive data to understand dynamics of computer and network systems and biological brain systems which will be used to develop system solutions to improve the design of information systems for Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Information Assurance (QoIA). Her recent research involves understanding statistical/mathematical data characteristics of normal use and attack activities on computers and networks to develop intrusion detection algorithms, understanding cause-effect dynamics of service activities, resource state and QoS performance on computers and networks to enable QoS adaptation and tradeoff between QoS and QoIA, and understanding neural population dynamics of biological brain for motor movements to develop human-brain interface applications for assisting people with disabilities in motor functions.

Prerequisites

  • At least 3 years using computers in engineering work

  • B.S. in Engineering or B.E. from accredited school

Course Topics

Day 1: Real Threats That Impact Security

  • Hackers

  • Eavesdropping

  • Spoofing

  • Sniffing

  • Trojan Horses

  • Viruses

  • Wiretaps

Day 2 & 3: Overview of Applied Cryptography for Privacy and Security

  • Basic applied cryptography

  • Various authentication methods

Day 4: Securing Information Systems

  • Analyzing Security vulnerabilities

  • Encrypting documents for confidentiality

  • Hardening the information system

  • System backup and recovery

Day 5 & 6: Securing the Organization's Network

  • Analyzing network vulnerabilities

  • Various prevention and protection techniques

Day 7

  • Instruction detection systems

  • Network-based intrusion detection systems

  • Host-based intrusion detection systems

  • IDS Signatures and Analysis

  • Introduction to existing IDS

  • IDS Selection and Evaluation Process

Day 8: IAS management in an organization

Modules require an exam or a project.

For more information: 

Layla Reitmeier
Coordinator-Professional and Executive Programs
layla@asu.edu
480-965-8515