Program Information
This program provides a broad overview of homeland security, cybersecurity, and homeland defense as undertaken in the United States since 9/11. The goal is to provide the student with an overview of a generally accepted body of knowledge required of the homeland security professional.
Program Outcomes
- Graduates will be able to:
- Understand and relate the principles that surround the security of the United States.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the forensics capabilities, legal and ethical considerations, and data privacy issues applicable to the cybersecurity investigative process, including digital evidence acquisition, analysis, and reporting.
- Understand and articulate the connection between cybersecurity and overall homeland security.
Curriculum
CISF 120
Computer Forensics and Investigation
This course teaches students the fundamentals of digital forensics and investigation. Topics include principles of digital investigations, current forensics software tools, digital evidence controls, computer forensic analysis, email investigations, recovering image files, writing investigation reports, and becoming an expert witness. (3-0-3)
CISF 240
Cybersecurity Law and Ethics
This course introduces students to the legal, ethical, and societal issues associated with information technology, including cyberterrorism and hacktivism, privacy, freedom of expression, social media, software developmet and intellectual property rights. 3-0-3
CRIM 133
Domestic Terrorism and Homeland Security
This is an overview course focusing on the impact of the war on terrorism in the United States, on our citizens, our government, and on society. Topics to be examined will include how the war on terror has affected first responders; our aviation system, our federal law enforcement agencies, and the relationship between state and local government. Also included will be the topic of cyber-terrorism and how this threat has dramatically altered our country’s approach to national security. 3-0-3
