ACS-2821-001
Information Security in Business

Fall 2019

Instructor Information

Instructor: Philemon Pak   Office: 3C07  
E-mail: p.pak@uwinnipeg.ca   Office Hours: Mon: 14:30 - 15:30  
Class Meeting Time: Mon & Wed: 16:00 – 17:15   Room No: 3D01  
Course Web Page: https://courses.acs.uwinnipeg.ca/2821-001

Important Dates

First Class:  Sep 4, 2019 
Midterm Exam:   Oct 9, 2019 (In Class And Close Book) 
Reading Week (No Classes):  Oct 13 - Oct 19, 2019 
Remembrance Day (No class):   Nov 11, 2019 
Final Withdrawal Date w/o academic penalty:  Nov 12, 2019 
(A minimum of 20% of the work on which the final grade is based will be evaluated and available to the student before the voluntary withdrawal date)  
Last Class:  Dec 3, 2019 
Final Exam:  Dec 14, 2019 09:00 - 12:00 

Course Objectives/Learning Outcomes

Information Security in Business will focus on the business aspect of information security, the why and what is information security and it importance to a business. Aside from security technologies that can be implemented to safeguard these assets, aspect of governance and management of information security will be consider as part of Information Security. The development of good corporate information technologies policies and procedures, management and operational framework and controls, and information security culture and awareness will be discussed in this course.