Mar 29, 2026  
Academic Catalog 2025-2026 
  
Academic Catalog 2025-2026
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IT 335 - Cybersecurity & Risk Management for Business


This course examines current and developing business information technologies and their potential for satisfying emerging business needs. Students explore the critical role of business information technology in modern business. Topics include fundamentals of systems theory, information technology architecture, technology trends, and business requirement definition. Individually and through teams, students demonstrate proficiency in investigating one or more assigned business problems, developing a definition, building a business case for business information technology solutions, and planning for effectively communicating with all levels of an organization to achieve support for that case. Students also demonstrate their capability to electronically access Library resources.

Credit(s): 3

Prerequisite(s):
IT 305 .

Outcomes
  • Discuss the growth of computers, the Internet, and networked technologies, and their collective role in today’s modern business;
  • Articulate the critical role of data / information and ways in which is it collected, stored, and managed;
  • Evaluate the ability of current and developing business information technologies to satisfy current challenges or emerging business needs;
  • Apply basic project management practices when analyzing and fulfilling a business need;
  • Defend the need for robust IT security features and procedures;
  • Define ways to integrate ethical practices throughout the organization and particularly as it relates to technology;
  • Investigate business problems and develop a business case for business information technology solutions;
  • Create a functioning website and supporting e-business features that help drive growth of an emerging business.



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