Prof. Park has developed four security courses at the iSchool of Information Studies since he joined the school.

Since I joined the iSchool in July 2002, I have developed the following four new courses and seven lab modules based on my expertise and experience in information and systems security for both on-campus and online sections during regular and one-week summer semesters. These courses are balanced with lectures, student-led discussions, research activities, and hands-on experience via lab sessions. I have taught and advised students in various academic programs, including the iSchool, the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the Whitman School of Management, the Newhouse School of Public Communications, and College of Law for their research and career development in information security. I have been invited to guest lecture in 12 other classes not only in the iSchool, but also other schools.

New Course Development

• Introduction to Information Security (IST623 )

  This graduate course is intended to cover principal concepts and approaches in information security. We focus on an overview of key areas in information security rather than an in-depth analysis of a particular area. Major topics include security properties, vulnerabilities, policies, models, cryptography, PKI, network security, evaluation, and application of information security. Students who successfully complete this course will have a comprehensive understanding of information security with hands-on experience as well as extensive understanding in the topic area of their research project. Currently, this is the only core course for the Certificate in Information Security Management at the iSchool and one of the two required courses with IST522 for the Information Security Specialization in the iSchool’s M.S. degree program in Information Management, which ranks No. 1 in information systems, according to the 2007 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

• Applied Information Security (IST522)

This graduate course is intended to cover the applications of information security technologies in real systems with hands-on-experience through class lab sessions. Major topics include wireless security, e-commerce security, metadata security, P2P security, survivability, computer forensics, and other selected security applications. Students who successfully complete this course will understand how information security technology is integrated with other information technologies in real systems. Currently, this course is one of the required Technology Security courses for the Certificate in Information Security Management at the iSchool and is one of the two required courses with IST623 for the Information Security Specialization in the iSchool’s M.S. degree program in Information Management, which ranks No. 1 in information systems, according to the 2007 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

• Basics in Information Security (IST423)

This is an undergraduate version of IST623. This course provides students with the fundamentals of information security. We focus on an overview of major information security issues and approaches. Students who successfully complete this course will have a comprehensive concept of information security and its applications. They will also have hands-on experience in selected information security technologies through lab sessions. There are no prerequisite courses, but a technical background in information technology is recommended. The iSchool started offering this course in 2005. Currently, this course is one of the two required courses with IST429 (Organizational Information Security) for the Information Security Concentration in the School’s B.S. degree program.

• Homeland Security (IST600)

This course provides students with the fundamentals of homeland security and critical infrastructure protection from an information studies perspective and will focus on an overview of major homeland security issues, technologies and approaches as they relate to telecommunications, energy, banking and finance, transportation, the Internet, and emergency services, both governmental and private. This course seeks to treat the subject matter in a broad survey manner and will examine numerous issues faced by both researchers and practitioners in today’s homeland security environment. This course will include an examination of supervisory control and data acquisition infrastructure command and control systems which are at the heart of major critical infrastructures. This course seeks to develop an understanding of threats, vulnerabilities and risk assessment methods and in addition will examine recovery and resiliency techniques that are needed in today’s homeland security environment.

Instructor

• Introduction to Information Security (IST623)
• Applied Information Security (IST522)
• Basics in Information Security (IST423)
• Homeland Security (IST600, under development)
• Security+ Certification Study Group
• Ph.D. Readings and Research (IST996)
• Ph.D. Independent Studies (IST990)
• M.S. Independent Studies (IST690)
• Ph.D. Research Practicum (IST840)
• Ph.D. Teaching Practicum (IST810)