Monnesday, 4:30 – 7:10 p.m.
Innovation Hall 103
Prerequisites: MS-ISA required courses or equivalent
Dr. Edgar H. Sibley
Room 359, Science & Tech II
Office: 993-1669 Home: provided in class
esibley@gmu.edu
I shall normally be in my office
from about 3 PM to 4.15 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays. Other times will be made available by appointment (e-mailing
me or call my office or home on other evenings to request a meeting). All changes, grades, and announcements
will be made on the web site or by e-mail.
The course
focuses on security in general and on the web to protect all uses of IT syatems. plus its management nationally or internationally. Issues include legal, policy, and
problems due to local and international aspects of culture and commerxe. Papers
will be read and discussed primarily selected from the most important issues in
security during the past year. Students are expected to participate by presenting
material, discussing security issues, writong short
papers on issues, and presenting a paper on a topic to be decided early in the
semester.
Grading
The elements of the course are weighted as follows:
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Homework (4 at 25 each) |
100 |
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Major Paper and Presentation |
150+100 |
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Mid-term Exam |
100 |
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Presentations during the
semester |
250 |
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Final Exam |
100 |
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Total |
800 |
Text: None.
Material will be available in the library or downloaded
from the internet. The
list will be available two weeks before the first class
Provisional
Outline
Homework given at dates
with asterisks and are due two weeks later
Date
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Topic
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Jan 26 |
Introduction: |
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Feb 2 |
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Feb 9 |
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Feb 16 |
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Feb 23 |
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Mar 2 |
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Mar 16 |
Paper
due |
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Mar 23 |
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Mar 30 |
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Apr 6 |
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Apr 13 |
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Apr 20 |
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Apr 27 |
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May 5 |
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The paper must adhere to the
defined page limit using the Times Roman font at 12 points with 1.5 line
spacing and one-inch margins at the sides, top, and bottom of the
document. They will be considered late if they are not
uploaded, on or before the due date, to my
e-mail (esibley@gmu.edu). I will not accept hardcopy. Late papers will be assessed a penalty
equivalent to one grade level 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 hearing. 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 various plagiarism detection services.