Fall 2008 semester: S&T I room 122: Mondays 4.30 to 7.10 PM
This course focuses on policy and management aspects of IS, especially security, as it relates to the legal and management aspects of international and national IS. Students will participate by preparing and presenting material, entering into discussions, and writing a paper. Reading material is generally current and available on the Web. Students will be expected to contribute in discussion of policy issues.
Sibley is normally in his office
on Mondays and Tuesdays from about 9:30 a.m. and always from 2:00 – 4:15
p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Other times are available by appointment or by phone. All changes, grades, and announcements
will be made by WebCT or the new GMU system.
The elements of the course will be weighted as follows:
|
Presentation |
100 |
|
Major Paper |
150 |
|
Mid-term Exam |
100 |
|
End-term Exam |
100 |
|
Total |
450 |
Digital Millennium Copyright
Act
http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
HIPAA
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm
Computer Security: A Summary
of Selected Federal Laws, Executive Orders, and Presidential Directives
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL32357.pdf
E-Government
Act of 2002 (contains FISMA)
http://csrc.nist.gov/policies/HR2458-final.pdf
NSD 42
http://www.cnss.gov/Assets/pdf/CNSSD-502.pdf
US Patriot Act
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
Homeland Security Act
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/hr_5005_enr.pdf
The National Strategy to
Secure Cyberspace:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/
Common Criteria
http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/
GAISP V3.0
http://www.issa.org/gaisp/_pdfs/v30.pdf
GAISP Detailed Principles
Cookbook.
//www.issa.org/gaisp/_pdfs/v30.pdf (2003)
Generally Accepted Systems
Security Principles (GASSP)
http://www.infosectoday.com/Articles/gassp.pdf
SSE-CMM. The Model. v3.0.
Provisional Outline
Week
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Topic
|
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Aug 25 |
Introduction, Policy, Law, and IT |
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Sept 8 |
Intellectual Property Rights and Monopoly Issues |
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Sept 15 |
Standards and Common Criterion |
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Sept
22 |
Privacy, FOIA, and Non-Security Acts Affecting Computer Systems
|
|
Sept
29 |
Computing Laws for NGOs and Software Piracy, etc. |
|
Oct 6 |
Values, Ethics, Professionalism/Certification, and Computer Crime Mid-term Exam (one hour) |
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Oct 14 |
International Issues & Cultural Aspects Major Paper Due |
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Oct 20 |
The Patriot Act & The
Homeland Security Act |
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Oct 27 |
Other Security Acts, DoD Standards |
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Nov 3 |
National Infrastructure & Organizational Policy |
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Nov 10 |
National & State Laws and Directives |
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Nov 17 |
CIP, SCADA, and International Issues |
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Nov 24 |
Presentations 1 |
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Dec 1 |
Presentations 2 |
The paper must be submitted in a well-known
publication format (e.g., AP, APA, MLA, ALA). You are encouraged to
download the EndNotes Program (free to
GMU students) which automatically formats references in conjunction with MS
Word. Assume that your audience is an intelligent reader with computer
knowledge but who is not familiar with your specific paper topic. Do not use slang or colloquialisms.
Papers
must adhere to the defined 20 page limit using the Times New Roman font of 12
points with 1.5 line spacing and one-inch margins at the sides, top, and . Papers will be
considered late if they are not uploaded by midnight of the date due. I shall not accept hardcopy in lieu of
this. Late material will be
assessed a penalty of 10 % per day.
The content of assignments is expected to be the
original work product of the student.
All sources must be cited appropriately in the context of their usage
and according to the style guide chosen.
Quotes and their source must
be identified. The use of the work
product of others without attribution constitutes plagiarism and is an Honor
Code violation. Please note that
paraphrasing sources can be plagiarism if the sequence of ideas is not your
own. Any
student engaging in plagiarism will receive a failing grade for the course, and
be the subject of an Honor Code report. Please refer to the
University Honor Code available at http://www.gmu.edu/depts/unilife/honorcode.html
for additional information. To
guard against plagiarism and to treat students equitably, assignments may be
checked against existing published materials or digital databases available
through plagiarism detection services.