NET 284: Computer Security Incident Response
Course Description
Provides students with hands-on experience preparing for and responding to computer security incidents. Topics include incident response preparation, detection, reaction, recovery, and maintenance. Computer-related disaster recovery and business continuity planning are also addressed. Recommended preparation: NET 280 or equivalent experience.
Course Outline
- Introduction and Overview of Contingency Planning
- Planning for Organizational Readiness
- Incident Response: Preparation, Organization & Prevention
- Incident Response: Detection and Notification
- Incident Response: Reaction
- Incident Response: Recovery and Maintenance
- Disaster Recovery: Preparation and Implementation
- Disaster Recover: Operation and Maintenance
- Business Continuity Preparation and Implementation
- Business Continuity Operations and Maintenance
- Crisis Management and Human Factors
- Incident Response Exercises
Required Materials
- Principles of Incident Response and Disaster Recovery – Course Technology – ISBN-10: 141883663X ISBN-13: 9781418836634
- Internet access and a Harper Blackboard account.
- A pair of computers that can be partitioned, reformatted, etc. As an alternative, you can use a PC with VMWare to create virtual machines for many of the lab exercises. Harper lab I 205 has computers and software that may be configured as necessary for this course.
Faculty Contact
For questions about this course contact the department coordinator:
Dave Braunschweig
dbraunsc@harpercollege.edu
847.925.6817