Information Security school training courses in Arlington, TX (public, in-house or online)

With the ubiquitousness of computer technology and the growth of the Internet, digital information has become one of the most critical for all types of organization, public and private, and for society as a whole. The amount of digital information stored is growing exponentially, and so is the need to provide wide and efficient access to it. Unfortunately, errors and malicious attacks readily propagate along the same channels as legitimate access to information. Consequently, security failures a...

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This course will explore each phase of the risk management lifecycle, focusing on implementing assessment and analysis techniques that should be used to properly assess and mitigate information risk. Students will learn techniques for how to perform risk assessments for new vulnerabilities, compliance violations, new IT projects, and how to qualify the current risk level for presentation to executive level management. A series of case studies will be followed throughout the course to provide stu...

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Strategic planning is hard for people in IT and IT Security because we spend so much time responding and reacting. Some of us have been exposed to a SWOT or something similar in an MBA course, but we almost never get to practice until we get promoted to a senior position, and then we are not equipped with the skills we need to run with the pack.

In this course you will learn the entire strategic planning process: what it is and how to do it; what lends itself to virtual teams, and what ne...

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This CompTIA Security+ training class will prepare you for the CompTIA Security+ (2011 Edition) Certification examination (exam number SY0-301). In this Security+ course, you will build on your knowledge and professional experience with computer hardware, operating systems, and networks as you acquire the specific skills required to implement basic security services on any type of computer network.

Class Goals
•Identify the fundamental concepts of computer security.
•Identify s...

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Deepen your understanding of the technical and policy challenges faced in securing information technology-based systems. Advance yourself professionally in relevant, real world areas like cryptography, systems, software and network security, and security policies and strategies.

The College of Computing offers the M.S. in Information Security