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CYB/409

Information Technology

Information Systems Leadership, Projects and Operations

Online

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$1,194

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

5 weeks

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Course level: Undergraduate

This course focuses on the application of information security management principles to Security Projects from a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) point of view.

Required materials

Additional course materials not included in the resource fee, are required or recommended for this course. Please review  course material information.

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Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

What you'll learn

Course skills and outcomes

  • Outline Information Security Portfolio Planning.
  • Recognize organizational structure, culture, and leadership approaches.
  • Align an information security portfolio to goals, objectives, and outcomes.
  • Identify and support key vendors and stakeholders.
  • Plan the organization of a security portfolio.

  • Define program management.
  • Illustrate an information security program development model.
  • Plan security assessment activities to measure the effectiveness of the program.
  • Categorize resource planning to include stakeholders, personnel, and technology.

  • Model project management phases.
  • Evaluate the triple constraints in project management.
  • Complete a project charter.
  • Provide a thorough project scope statement.
  • Manage scheduling, cost, teams, and quality of a project.
  • Resolve personnel and teamwork issues within time, cost, and quality constraints.

  • Illustrate the information security portfolio hierarchy.
  • Describe security operations center and personnel.
  • Differentiate security operations processes, policies, and procedures.
  • Assess the effectiveness of changes and improvements to the information systems processes.
  • Analyze the conflicting roles of security operations personnel in reporting of audit findings.

  • Identify incident response tools.
  • Illustrate security operations program activities.
  • Exemplify event monitoring, detection, response, and recovery.
  • Describe digital forensic investigation.

Why UOPX

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We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

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