William Fenn
Assistant Professor of Computer Technology
BC students registering for courses that I teach. Feel free to contact me at william.fenn@brazosport.edu for questions about any courses, degrees, etc...
Spring 2009 - ITSY 1300.40 Fundamentals of Info Security Course Information:
This course is delivered through the Brazosport College Blackboard/WebCT online course delivery system. Student accounts will be created during the last days of Spring 2009 registration in early January.
ITSY 1300 Fundamentals of Information Security
GENERAL GOALS/OBJECTIVES
Discuss and define information security goals, availability, ethics, intellectual property, integrity, accuracy, and confidentiality; Define vocabulary / terminology related to information security; Identify security exposures, vulnerabilities, and countermeasures; Discuss, define, and identify the importance of planning and administrative controls; Identify elements of information security risk management; Identify best practices and appropriate defenses, including firewalls, encryption, physical security, intrusion detection, and biometrics.
TEXTBOOK OR COURSE MATERIAL INFORMATION
Principles of Information Security Third Edition. Michael E. Whitman and Herbert J. Mattord, Course Technology Cengage Learning, ISBN 1-4239-0177-0 www.ichapters.com
Course TBT Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals CDROM , Thomson Course Technology, ISBN 0-619-21295-0
TESTING - 40% of total course grade All major exams for students attending Brazosport College will be given through appointments at the Learning Assistance Center (LAC) 979-230-3253. The course schedule and other course announcements will provide the testing dates and time frames.
All Virtual College of Texas students must contact the course instructor immediately upon enrollment to make arrangements for testing.
COURSE PARTICIPATION - 10% of total course grade Non-participation in this online course is defined as failure to log into the course WebCT, check email, discussion area, assignment area(s), etc… a minimum of THREE days per week, every week during the semester or to submit assignments on time.
Weekly current event articles, security documentation exercises, and CD-ROM based exercises and assessments -= 30% pf total course grade.
Final Exam = 20% of total course grade
About the Computer Technology Program:
Do you own use a cell phone? When was the last time you filled up with gas, used an ATM, or self-checkout system at Walmart?
Computers are hiding in plain sight everywhere in the modern world. Don't let the name of "Computer Technology" degree limit your thinking about job possibilities to "just a PC technician". CableTV companies, telephone companies, and virtually all industries are also using the same digital, computer-based technologies. We have designed the Computer Technology degree to have a broad knowledge base to fit the needs of all of those different computer-based jobs and digitally-based industries.
About me:
After graduating from high school in 1981, I spent 9 years in the U.S. Navy as:
an Electronics Warfare technician,
personal computer systems technician,
group-paced instructor,
training department supervisor,
classified publications custodian,
physical security officer,
and terminal / computer area security officer.
The highest rank I attained in the U.S. Navy was Electronics Warfare Chief Petty Officer - EWC(SW).
I have worked at Brazosport College since Jan. 1991 as:
- an Instructional Media Technician,
- Information Systems Specialist,
- part-time Computer Technology faculty (1997-2001),
- and full-time Computer Technology faculty from 2001 to the present.
I have been trained on and worked with the evolution of electronics from vacuum tubes to transistors to integrated circuits.
I have installed, operated, and maintained the first personal computers in business settings from:
- the Xerox 860 Information Processing System,
- to Zenith 120 and 248 PCs,
- to IBM PCs and all other evolutions of personal computers since.
I have worked with wide area networked personal computers (before the public Internet) in military and business settings, and the Internet since Brazosport College became the first Internet Service Provider in the Brazosport area in 1995.
I have installed and maintained:
- and designed analog television and CATV distribution systems,
- analog and digital satellite systems,
- analog and digital PBX telephone systems.
I have written programs for and designed touchscreen multimedia information kiosks.
I have designed, installed, operated, maintained the equipment and delivered multimedia presentations using:
- overhead projectors,
- opaque projectors,
- 16mm movie projectors,
- 35mm slide projectors,
- VCR's, Video discs, CDs, DVDs,
- video projectors with computers,
- Polycom videoconferencing classroom systems using CATV, ISDN, and IP channels.