IT Security Metrics Detailed Syllabus for M.Tech Cyber Forensics & Information Security / Cyber Security first year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for IT Security Metrics M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year second sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year II Sem.
Course Objectives:
- To understand about the data and security metrics and measurements of the data
- To know about the security operations, cost and values
UNIT- I: What Is a Security Metric? Metric and Measurement, Security Metrics Today, The Dissatisfying State of Security Metrics, Reassessing Our Ideas About Security Metrics. Designing Effective Security Metrics: Choosing Good Metrics, GQM for Better Security Metrics, More Security Uses for GQM, Summary.
UNIT- II: Understanding Data: What are Data? Data Sources for Security Metrics; We Have Metrics and Data -Now what, Summary, Case Study 1. The Security Process Management Framework: Managing Security as a Business Process, the SPM Framework, Before You Begin SPM, Summary. The Analyzing Security Metrics Data: The Most Important Step, Analysis Tools and Techniques, Summary. Designing the Security Measurement Project: Before the Project Begins, Phase One: Build a Project Plan and Assemble the Team, Phase two: Gather the Metrics Data, phase Three: Analyze the Metrics Data and Build Conclusions, phase Four: Present Results, Phase Five: Reuse the Results, Project Management Tools, Summary.
UNIT- III: Measurements Security Operations: Sample Metrics for Security Operations, Sample Measurement Project for Security Operations, Summary. Measuring Compliance and Conformance: The Challenges of Measuring Compliance, Sample Measurement Projects for Compliance and Conformance, Summary.
UNIT- IV: Measuring Security Cost and Value: Sample Measurement Projects for Compliance and Conformance, The Importance of Data to Measuring Cost and Value, Summary. Measuring People, Organizations, and Culture: Sample Measurement Projects for People, Organizations, and Culture, Summary.
UNIT -V: The Security Improvement Program: Moving from Projects to Programs, Managing Security Measurement with a Security, Requirements for a SIP, Measuring the SIP. Summary. Learning Security: Different Contexts for Security Process Management: Organizational Learning, Three Learning Styles for IT Security Metrics, Final Thoughts, Summary.
TEXT BOOKS:
- IT Security Metrics, Lance Hayden, Tata Mcgraw-Hill.
- Security Metrics, Caroline Wong, Tata Mcgraw-Hill.
For all other M.Tech 1st Year 2nd Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech Cyber Forensics & Information Security / Cyber Security 1st Year 2nd Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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