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Information assurance in the undergraduate curriculum

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Information assurance and systems security are important topics that compel the attention of future computer scientists. Typically, undergraduate students in computer science programs today are exposed to these concepts at the end of their education in stand-alone courses on information security. As information assurance (IA) educators, we perceive the need to incorporate IA topics throughout the undergraduate CS curriculum. In this panel, we will first present the goals, challenges, and current state of progress made at our respective institutions. Then we will solicit feedback and suggestions from the audience for better integrating IA topics across the undergraduate curriculum.

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Columbus State University's IA track of the M.S. in Applied Computer Science, program description available at http://cs.colstate.edu/html_hi/programs/grad_con_info_assurance.aspx
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Pfleeger, C. and Pfleeger, S. Security in Computing, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall, 2003.
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Stockton College CSIS Program Description available at http://talon.stockton.edu/eyos/page.cfm?siteID=14&pageID=83&program=CSIS
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Viega, J. and McGraw, G. Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way, Addison Wesley, 2001.
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Whittaker, J. How to Break Software: A Practical Guide to Testing, Addison Wesley, 2002.

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  • (2011)Defining, integrating, and assessing a purposeful progression of cross-curricular initiatives into a computer science programProceedings of the 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference10.1109/FIE.2011.6143041(T3J-1-1-T3J-6)Online publication date: 12-Oct-2011
  • (2007)Experiences and lessons learned in the design and implementation of an Information Assurance curriculum2007 IEEE SMC Information Assurance and Security Workshop10.1109/IAW.2007.381909(22-29)Online publication date: Jun-2007

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ACMSE '05 vol 1: Proceedings of the 43rd annual ACM Southeast Conference - Volume 1
March 2005
408 pages
ISBN:1595930590
DOI:10.1145/1167350
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Published: 18 March 2005

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  1. awareness of assurance
  2. computer science curriculum
  3. information assurance
  4. network security
  5. undergraduate curriculum

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ACM SE05: ACM Southeast Regional Conference 2005
March 18 - 20, 2005
Georgia, Kennesaw

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  • (2011)Defining, integrating, and assessing a purposeful progression of cross-curricular initiatives into a computer science programProceedings of the 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference10.1109/FIE.2011.6143041(T3J-1-1-T3J-6)Online publication date: 12-Oct-2011
  • (2007)Experiences and lessons learned in the design and implementation of an Information Assurance curriculum2007 IEEE SMC Information Assurance and Security Workshop10.1109/IAW.2007.381909(22-29)Online publication date: Jun-2007

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