CIS 8086 - Protecting Information Assets

3 Credit Hours
Description
This course provides students with a foundation and understanding of IT auditing services focused on protecting information assets. Topics include security, integrity, and availability of information systems. The course will allow the student to establish the scope, control environments and identify risks associated with information assets. It will also cover the protection of assets involving state-of-the art technologies such as virtualization and cloud computing. Students will understand how assessing risk is an important first step in undertaking the proper examination of an organization’s IT processes and technologies.Further, the course will cover latest standards and frameworks related to the auditing of information assets.