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Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
1) Recognize the concepts, processes, roles and rationale for the organization's IT Policy Framework.
2) Identify challenges and barriers that may inhibit the success of an IT Security Policy structure.
3) Establish policies related to data risks and roles the incident response team.
4) Understand how to design, organize, implement and maintain IT Security Policy Framework.
5) Develop IT Security Policies and/or Framework that would govern a business scenario.
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Weekly Unit |
Readings/Topics |
Assignments and Due Dates |
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Week 1
Jan 06 - Jan 12
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Lesson 1: Information Systems Security Policy Management Chapter 1, “Information System Security Policy Management” Chapter 2, “Business Drivers for Information Security Policies” Chapter 3, “U.S. Compliance Laws and Information Security Policy Requirements” |
Week 1 Assignment Required Assignment 1Jan 12th 2020*Failing to Participate in Week 1 may result in being dropped from the course. |
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Week 2
Jan 13 – Jan 19
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Lesson 2: Business Challenges and Security Policy Implementation Issues Chapter 4, “Business Challenges Within the Seven Domains of IT Responsibility” Chapter 5, “Information Security Policy Implementation Issues” Project Check Point: Team member list
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LAB : Crafting an Organization-Wide Security Management Policy for Acceptable Use
Lab: Developing an Organization-Wide Policy Framework Implementation Plan Assignment 2
Jan 12th 2020 |
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Week 3
Jan 20 - Jan 26
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Lesson 3: IT Security Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Chapter 6, “IT Security Policy Frameworks” Chapter 7, “How to Design, Organize, Implement, and Maintain IT Security Policies” |
Checkpoint 2: A draft of your research of DOD-specific requirements for an organization’s IT infrastructure and U.S. compliance laws that may affect the firm Lab : Defining an Information Systems Security Policy Framework for an IT Infrastructure Jan 26th 2020 |
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Week 4
Jan 27 - Feb 02
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Lesson 4: IT Security Policy Framework Approaches Chapter 8, “IT Security Policy Framework Approaches” |
Checkpoint 3: A draft of DoD-compliant policies, standards, and controls that affect the User, Workstation, LAN, and LAN-to-WAN Domains Lab: Crafting a Layered Security Management Policy—Separation of Duties PRACTICAL CONNECTION ASSIGNMENT Feb 2nd 2020 |
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Week 5
Feb 03 - Feb 09
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Lesson 5: User Domain and IT Infrastructure Security Policies Chapter 9, “User Domain Policies” Chapter 10, “IT Infrastructure Security Policies” |
Lab: Crafting an Organization-Wide Security Awareness Policy Lab: Defining a Remote Access Policy to Support Remote Health Care Clinics Checkpoint 4: A bulleted list of DoD-compliant policies, standards, and controls that affect the WAN, Remote Access, and System/Application Domains Feb 9th 2020 |
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Week 6
Feb 10 - Feb 16
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Lesson 6: Data Classification and Handling Policies, Risk Management Policies, and Incident Response Team (IRT) Policies Chapter 11, “Data Classification and Handling Policies and Risk Management Policies” Chapter 12, “Incident Response Team (IRT) Policies” |
Lab: Identifying Necessary Policies for Business Continuity—BIA and Recovery Time Objectives Crafting a Security or Computer Incident Response Policy—CIRT Response Team Checkpoint 5: A draft of your course project report if you want feedback before submitting your final deliverable
Feb 16th 2020 |
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Week 7
Feb 17 - Feb 23
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Lesson 7: IT Security Policy Implementation and Enforcement, Compliance Systems and Emerging Technologies Chapter 13, “IT Security Policy Implementations” Chapter 14, “IT Security Policy Enforcement” Chapter 15, “IT Policy Compliance and Compliance Technologies” |
Lab: Assessing and Auditing an Existing IT Security Policy Framework Definition Aligning an IT Security Policy Framework to the Seven Domains of a Typical IT Infrastructure Project: Department of Defense (DoD) Ready Report Feb 23rd 2020 |
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Week 8 Feb 24 – Feb 27
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Lesson 8: Course Review and Final Examination Final Examination *SHORT WEEK* All assignments must be completed by DATE at TIME EST. |
Final Examination Feb 25th 2020 |