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BSA/525

Information Assets Protection

3 credits

Total credits

6 weeks

Course length

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Take this course on its own, or as part of a degree or certificate program.

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Course level: Graduate

The Protection of Information Assets domain is divided into five topic areas that focus on design and implementation of system and security controls, data classification, physical access, and the process of retrieving and disposing of information assets. The objective of this domain is to ensure that students understand and can provide assurance that the enterprise's security policies, standards, procedures, and controls ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

What you'll learn

Course skills and outcomes

  • Analyze methods for increasing information security awareness.
  • Evaluate the range of security policies, standards and procedures, and generally accepted practices.
  • Compare policies to actual practices to determine compliance.

  • Analyze the various logical access controls for the identification, authentication, and restriction of users to authorized functions and data.
  • Evaluate audit procedures for determining compliance with logical access policies.

  • Analyze the purpose of data classification.
  • Evaluate how organizations protect data at the various data classification levels.
  • Examine tools used to monitor protection at each of the classification levels.

  • Evaluate the various physical and environmental controls for the identification, authentication, and restriction of users to authorized functions and data.
  • Analyze audit procedures for determining compliance with physical access policies.

  • Analyze the various dispositions of information assets.
  • Evaluate the tools available for information assets disposition.

  • Apply business continuity plans for adequate protection of information assets.
  • Apply information handling processes assuring information asset disposition.

Why UOPX

Why take courses at University of Phoenix

Accreditation that matters

We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

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