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Information Assurance
Securing our Future

Computer crime, foreign and corporate espionage and terrorism have dramatically increased corporate and government demand for Information Assurance (IA) professionals since the interconnectivity of the Internet has created a "de facto single point of access, attack or failure."

Information Assurance insures overall operating integrity in government and business, while protecting and defending physical and virtual assets from unauthorized access, damage, removal, conversion, diversion, duplication or denial of service, as well as from computer-based or computer-facilitated threats. Effective Information Assurance involves people, processes, policies, procedures, plans, methodologies, systems, technologies,facilities, laws and regulations.

Corporate executives and government officials have identified information security threats as a high priority, but presently few adequately trained IA professionals with technical and business knowledge exist. It is estimated that the U.S. Government alone has a deficit of 100,000+ trained IA professionals.

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GSM offers the following electives in Information Assurance. Students who complete Mgt. 5387 Foundations of Information Assurance and any combination of 3 or 4 of these electives will receive a Concentration in Information Assurance designation on their transcript.

Information Assurance Electives:

> 5387: Foundations of Info. Assurance

> 6335: Cryptography and Net. Security*

> 6356: Trusted Systems*

> 6392: Info. Security Risk Mitigation*

> 7356: Managing Information Security*

> 7358: Securing Electronic Business*

> 8315: Special Topics in Info. Assurance*

* Courses with prerequisites

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Program Director:
Eva Carwile
ia@gsm.udallas.edu
972-265-5724

Academic Program Director:
John Nugent DBA, CPA
jnugent@gsm.udallas.edu
972-721-5185

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