MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3010 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2010 Fall Last Admit Term: (Mor) Award: AAS Total Credits: 62 CIP Code: 11.0901	Primary College: Initiating College: Mesa Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific (Mor) Program Availability: Field of Interest: Instructional Council: Computer Information Systems (12) GPA: 2.00
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Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Information Assurance program is designed to equip students with marketable skills and knowledge for adaptation to specific tasks and industry recognized standards associated with network security, information and data security, and information assurance. This program also prepares students to complete the required certification tests for several industry certifications, including Cisco, CompTia Security +, and Global Information Assurance Certifications (GIAC). Relevant certification tests are identified in individual course descriptions.

Required Courses

+ CIS247DA Cyber Forensics and Incident Handling 3
+ CIS238US UNIX Security 3
+ CIS271DA Security Certified Professional (SCP) Hardening the Infrastructure 3
+ CIS272DA Security Certified Professional (SCP) Network Defense
and Countermeasures 3
+ CIS273DA Information Audit and Risk Analysis 3
+ CIS247DL Legal Issues of Information Assurance 3
+ CIS273DC Data Assurance and Disaster Recovery 3
+ CIS279DA Practical Applications in Information Assurance 4

Credits: 25

Restricted Electives
CNT185 Cisco Network Security 4 + CNT186 Cisco Certified Network Associate Wireless 4 + CNT230 Cisco Network Troubleshooting (4) OR + MST259 Designing Windows Network Security (3) 3-4 + CIS245 Novell Netware Advanced System Administration 3 + CIS175CG Designing a Secure Microsoft Windows 2000 Network 3 + CNT170 Cisco Wide Area Networks (WAN) Technologies + CIS238 Advanced UNIX System Administration 3 + CIS273DB Digital Authentication and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 3 + CIS290AC Computer Information Systems Internship (3) OR CIS298AC Special Projects (3) 3	Credits: 15-16

General Electives
	Credits:

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 22-24

General Education Core	Credits: 12-14

First-Year Composition	Credits: 6
ENG101 First Year Composition (3) AND ENG111 Technical Writing (3)

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
COM100 Introduction to Human Communication (3) OR COM225 Public Speaking (3) OR COM230 Small Group Communication (3)

Critical Reading	Credits: 0
Met by Program Prerequisite

Mathematics	Credits: 3-5
MAT150 College Algebra / Functions (5) OR MAT151 College Algebra / Functions (4) OR MAT152++ College Algebra / Functions (3)

General Education Distribution	Credits: 10

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course in the Humanities and Fine Arts area. PHI214 Business Ethics suggested but not required.

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
ECN211 Microeconomic Principles (3) OR ECN212 Macroeconomic Principles (3)

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
PHY101 Introduction to Physics

Program Competencies
1. Explain and apply forensic and advanced incident handling techniques in a lab setting, demonstrating hands-on skills in incident response, forensic preparation, Windows forensics, UNIX and Linux forensics, data recovery and analysis, malicious code analysis, law enforcement interaction and case law, corporate and managerial legal concerns and direction. Prepare for GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) Certification and IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) certification. (CIS247DA) 2. Explain and apply Unix system administration and security management, including directory structure, access control and authentication mechanisms, password management, system logs and monitoring, process accounting, configuring public services, restricted environments, the sudo command, SSH (Secure Shell), file system mount options, file integrity management, immutable/append-only files and system security levels, loadable kernel modules, rootkits, non-executable stacks, backups, common vulnerabilities and exposures, and firewall filtering. (CIS238US) 3. Explain and apply architecture of network defense and skills for system administrators to implement network defense. Includes network defense fundamentals, designing and configuring firewalls, configuring Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), designing and configuring an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), analyzing intrusion signatures, performing risk analysis, and creating a security policy. (CIS272DA) 4. Explain and apply network security-related fundamentals, issues, and skills for systems administrators to implement network security including network security basics, advanced Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), IP packet structure and analysis, routing and access control lists, securing Windows computers, securing Linux computers, Internet security, and hacker attack techniques. (CIS271DA) 5. Identify and analyze legal implications of organizational computing policies, evidence collection, risk management and mitigation of liability. (CIS247DL) 6. Explain and apply procedures for security and protection of data with emphasis on physical security of data servers and storage, disaster recovery plan and procedures, backup management and procedures, business continuity planning for unusual conditions, data confidentiality, integrity, and assurance, data retention policy and procedures, data warehouse, data use authorization and authentication, securing data in the mobile environment, handling data in response to cyber crime, data risk identification and assessment, and user education in and awareness of data assurance. (CIS273DC) 7. Apply core skills and knowledge in information assurance to real-world scenarios or simulations of information security vulnerabilities (CIS279DA) 8. Explain and apply knowledge, skills, and abilities in basic risk analysis techniques to secure information and conduct a technical audit of essential information systems (CIS273DA).
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 5-25-04

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.