Information Systems

• Required Reading

The required reading is foundational to the concepts of security principles, which will support the Unit 1 assignment.

• Use Information Security Management Handbook to read the following: 

o Chapter 3, "Appreciating Organizational Behavior and Institutions to Solidify Your Information Security Program," pages 29–46.

o Chapter 4, "The Information Security Auditors Have Arrived—Now What?," pages 47–62.

• Use Systems Security Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Building Trustworthy Resilient Systems to read Chapter 2, "The Fundamentals," pages 5–32.

• Web Resources

Video

The objective of this video is to demonstrate some practical application of the information security principles that were covered in the required reading.

• Security Principles Versus the Real World (54 minutes).

Internet and Library Research

Use the following keywords to research the history of the information security profession in preparation for participating in the unit discussion:

• History of information security.

• Information security evolution.

• Computer security history.

• Computer security founders.

• Information security founders.

please read required reading and the assignment