CS884 Enterprise Security Architecture

This course examines enterprise-level security architecture and its relationship to physical security. Security as related to service-oriented architecture (SOA), software-as-a-service (SaaS), business-to-business architectures, cloud computing and virtualization is covered. Topics include security infrastructure, policy and procedures, assessment, baselining and auditing. Secure communications, defense in depth, multiple security zones, multi-level security, cross-domain solutions and the unique challenges of advanced architectures are discussed.  Compliance with national and international laws and regulations is covered as well as certification and accreditation requirements. Special emphasis is paid to the interrelationship of the security strategic plan with the business strategic plan and the strategic plans of other corporate functional units.

Prerequisite

None

Corequisite

None

Credits

4

Distribution

Computer Science