• Online, Self-Paced
  • Classroom
Course Description

This course is designed for the senior security manager of the 21st century. It addresses leading-edge technologies and their implications (positive and negative) for the field of security within DoD. It is designed to help security personnel thrive in an information systems environment.

Learning Objectives

• Assess the current security environment, including the risks and opportunities that attend new processes and technologies;
• Summarize the nature and role of information assurance in both providing and protecting information;
• Evaluate the essential issues involved in sharing and protecting information, including issues of risk, knowledge sharing, and education;
• Appraise the interrelationships among elements that comprise a modern security system, including hardware, software, policies, and people;
• Distinguish the functions and types of modern security systems and illustrate them using specific examples;
• Assess the tradeoffs that security engineers should consider when designing, implementing, and operating balanced security systems;
• Explain and evaluate the factors and issues that frame the possible future security environments, and estimate the effect of these issues on current security design and operations;
• Analyze the roles, responsibilities, requirements, and effectiveness of select DoD information systems and programs;
- Discuss and evaluate the effectiveness of how information assurance principles are applied in the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP);
- Discuss and evaluate the effectiveness of how information assurance principles are applied in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP);
- Discuss and evaluate the security effectiveness of information systems that currently exist to support DoD security programs; and
• Appraise information systems that could or should be developed in the future (near-term and long-term) to support DoD security

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Systems Requirements Planning
  • Systems Analysis
  • Cybersecurity Management
  • Program/Project Management and Acquisition
  • Strategic Planning and Policy

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.