Cyber Sec Investigations & Law. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: CS 656 or IT 640 or permission of the instructor. This course will prepare students for a real-life experience for operating and protecting computer networks, data communication, and data storage systems. The course will provide the student with a methodology to examine and investigate intrusions and security of data storage, data management, and data transmission systems as a part of an integrated network. It will explore the various interfaces of these systems from a technical, human, and investigative perspective, and the potential legal issues. The course will provide the student with various fundamental legal knowledge necessary for a cyber practitioner: (a) basic intellectual property law including trade secrets and patents; (b) foreign viewpoints of intellectual property and compliance to include EU privacy law; (c) U.S. law of electronic surveillance, electronic search, and stored communications; (d) government and workplace consensual search and surveillance and consent banners/agreements.