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Information Systems Security Courses

When you earn your bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems CIS) with a specialization in Information Systems Security, your curriculum may include these career-enhancing data security and web courses:

• Business Continuity - This course focuses on preparing for, reacting to, and recovering from events that threaten the security of information and information resources, or that threaten to disrupt critical business functions. Students examine various levels of threats to an organization's information assets and critical business functions, as well as develop policies, procedures, and plans to address them.
• Data Privacy and Security - In this data security course, students explore the legal, ethical, and security issues involving data and information assets that organizations must address to ensure operational continuity as well as compliance with standards, policies, and laws. The course also covers security technology specific to safeguarding data and information assets.
• Web Security - Examining issues involved in protecting web-based applications from external threats while safeguarding customer privacy and accessibility, students in this this web security course develop strategies that support systems and business goals.
• Information Systems Security Planning and Audit - This data security course provides an in-depth look at the kind of risk factor analysis that must be performed in order to design a flexible and comprehensive security plan. Topics include assessing threats, developing countermeasures, protecting information, using auditing practices to verify compliance with policies and procedures, and building a case for presentation in private and public settings.

Information Systems Security Course Requirements

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems (CIS) at DeVry with a specialization in Information Systems Security, you'll be required to complete 8 full-time semesters or 125 credit hours:

• 106 credit hours (about 34 courses) in your core curriculum
• 19 credit hours (about 5 courses) specific to the information systems security specialization

Although a few courses are worth 1 or 2 credit hours, most are equal to 3 or 4 credit hours. Here's the course load you will carry, depending on whether you attend DeVry as a full- or part-time student:

• Full-time student schedule = 15 credit hours (4 to 5 courses) per semester
• Part-time student schedule = 1 to 14 credit hours (1 to 4 courses) per semester

At DeVry, you choose the pace that best fits your life and your schedule.

To learn more about computer information systems and information systems security courses like web security and data security, as well as requirements for completing your bachelor's degree program, contact a DeVry representative or see the academic calendar.