Course Objectives
 A strong grounding in computer and network security.
 Learn the factors related to the plan-protect-respond
cycle of IT security.
 An understanding of networking concepts.
 You will learn of the importance of IT security to the
accounting profession and of the various control
frameworks that accountant's rely on for SOX compliance.
 This course is learning about defense so we will learn
about many threats and how they exploit vulnerabilities
but we will NOT be using these exploits in class.
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Syllabus Highlights
 Dr. Steven Hornik
 email: shornik@bus.ucf.edu
 Course Webpage: http://acg6415.wikispaces.com/
 Office Hours: Tuesday 12:30 – 1:30 Thursday 4:30 – 5:45;
and by appointment
 Office: BA1 432
Text Book
 Corporate Computer and Network Security, 2nd Edition by
Raymond R. Panko
Grade Components
 Exam 1 (Ch. 1 - 4)*
250
 Exam 2 (Ch. 5- 9)
250
 Access Control Simulation
100
 Discussions
100
 Research Paper
200
 Total Points
900
Grading Scale
• A 4.00 100-93
• A- 3.75 92-90
• B+ 3.25 89-86
• B 3.00 85-83
• B- 2.75 82-80
• C+ 2.25 79-76
• C 2.00 75-73
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C- 1.75 72-70
D+ 1.25 69-66
D 1.00 65-63
D- 0.75 62-60
F 0.00 <59
Exams
 Two Part Exams
 1st Part
 Multiple choice
 Matching
 2nd Part
 Short-answer / Essay (with Notes/Book)
WikiSpace
 E-mail Invitation or Click “Join” button
 Join if you haven’t
 Collaborative Web Pages
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You can Add material to any page
You can Edit material already posted to a page
You can Delete material posted to a page
You can Create a new page with new material
 Material
 text content
 Hyperlinks
 WebPages, Podcasts, Video, Audio, etc.
Wiki Pages to Update
 Security in the News