Sanjay Goel, School of Business/Center for Information Forensics and Assurance University at Albany Proprietary Information 1 Information Security Risk Assessment Introduction Sanjay Goel University at Albany, SUNY

Sanjay Goel, School of Business/Center for Information Forensics and Assurance University at Albany Proprietary Information 2 Course Outline  Unit 1: Information Security Risk Assessment Unit 2: Information Security Risks, Part I –Network Attacks, DOS Attacks, Software Vulnerabilities, etc. Unit 3: Information Security Risks, Part II –Insider Threats, Accidental Errors, Password Attacks Unit 4: Qualitative Risk Analysis Unit 5: Quantitative Risk Analysis

Sanjay Goel, School of Business/Center for Information Forensics and Assurance University at Albany Proprietary Information 3 Unit Outline Information Security Risk Assessment Module 1: Introduction to Risk Module 2: Definitions and Nomenclature Module 3: Security Risk Assessment Module 4-5: Methodology and Objectives Module 6: Case Study Module 7: Summary

Sanjay Goel, School of Business/Center for Information Forensics and Assurance University at Albany Proprietary Information 4 Student should be able to: –Gain a background in risk management –Recognize information security risk terminology –Understand how and why to use various types of security assessment –Determine tangible and intangible assets and values –Understand vulnerabilities to assets –Understand threats to information systems –Determine relevant information system controls –Use both qualitative and quantitative risk analysis methodologies Learning Objectives Information Security Risk Assessment