ACADEMICS: Course List CISR offers students the opportunity to choose one of several specialty tracks designed to provide students with courses that lead to a concentration in one of many exciting areas of study in Information Assurance. Listed below are the IA courses currently being offered by the CISR group. Select MS Track on the left for more information about IA tracks. CS3006: An Introduction to Information System Security (4-0) This Web-based DL class covers basic overview of terminology and concepts associated with the field of Information Assurance. CS3600: Introduction to Information Assurance: Computer Security (4-2) Covers technical overview of terminology and concepts associated with the field of Information Assurance. CS3610: Information Ethics (4-0) Covers ethical analysis and decision-making in the context of information technology. CS3640: Analysis of DoD Critical Infrastructure Protection (3-1) Covers the DoD perspective on protecting critical infrastructures, including both cyber and physical systems. CS3670: Information Assurance: Secure Management of Systems (3-2) Covers management concerns associated with computer-based information systems. CS3675: Vulnerability Assessment (3-2) Covers Internet Security Threats in a lab environment. CS3690: Network Security (4-2) Covers a broad range of topics in security for networked and internetworked computer systems. CS4600: Secure Systems (3-2) Covers implementation of protection for monolithic and distributed secure computer systems. CS4603: Database Security (3-1) Covers access control implementations associated with database security. CS4605: Security Policies, Models, and Formal Methods (3-1) Covers methods used to specify, model, and verify computational systems providing access control. CS4614: Advanced Topics in Computer Security (3-1) Covers topics in software, communications, and data security. CS4650 Application of Security Evaluation Criteria for Information and Software Assurance (3-1) This course provides students with the Common Criteria skills and knowledge to develop, evaluate and deploy IA solutions that meet the requirements specified in DoDD 8500.1 and DoDI 8500.2. CS4675: Intrusion Detection and Response (3-1) Introduction to methods of intrusion detection in computer systems and networks and the possible methods of automatic response. CS4677: Computer Forensics (3-2) Covers the fundamentals of computer forensics as it might be used in the context of DoN/DoD activities. CS4678: Advanced Vulnerability Assessment (4-2) Provides a basis for understanding the potential vulnerabilities in networks systems by applying a problem-solving approach to obtaining information about a remote network. CS4680: Introduction to Certification and Accreditation (3-2) Covers the C&A process as applied to DoD and Federal information systems. Limited Access Areas: SFS Resources / CISR Resources Updated 05-2008 / Home / Webmaster / Privacy Policy / Links / Search / Sitemap / NPS This U.S. Government Web Site is provided by the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research for official information regarding CISR's programs and research.