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The Textbook Course Description Course Objectives Course Policies Grading System Course Schedule |
Prof. Thomas A. Easton
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OFFICE: Rm. 120A
OFFICE HOURS: 9-9:50 AM MWF, 12-2 PM MW, 9:25-10:40 AM TTh, 12-2 PM TTh OFFICE PHONE: 859-1331 HOME PHONE: 338-1074 CANCELLATION PHONE NUMBER: 859-1140 Click here to email me:  |
| DATE | TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT |
| T 1/9 | Incidents and Disasters in the News | |
| AOL's Data Leak | ||
| VA Data Loss | ||
| The High Cost of Data Loss | ||
| The Costs of Hacking | ||
| The Costs of System Failure | ||
| Th 1/11 | Risk and Risk Management | Read Chapter 1, pp. 1-23 |
| T 1/16 | Contingency Planning | Read Chapter 1, pp. 23-38 |
| Th 1/18 | The Plan at Thomas College | |
| T 1/23 | Planning for Readiness | Ch. 2, Opening Scenario |
| Th 1/25 | Planning for Readiness: Impact Analysis | Read Chapter 2, pp. 47-69 |
| Paper #1 | Personal Impact Analysis: How would a computer system failure affect your "business" (being a student)? Due next Tuesday. | |
| T 1/30 | Planning for Readiness: Data Collection and Budgeting | Read Chapter 2, pp. 69-89 |
| Th 2/1 | Incident Response: Preparation and Prevention | Read Ch. 3, pp. 91-127 |
| T 2/6 | Incident Response: Detection | Read Chapter 4, pp. 129-161 |
| Th 2/8 | Incident Response: Classification and Decision Making | Read Chapter 4, pp. 162-176 |
| T 2/13 | Review for Exam | Chapters 1-4 |
| Th 2/15 | Exam #1 | |
| 2/19-2/23 | WINTER BREAK | |
| T 2/27 | Incident Response: Reaction, Recovery, and Maintenance | Read Chapter 5, pp. 181-199 |
| Th 3/1 | Incident Response: Forensics | Read Chapter 5, pp. 199-220 |
| T 3/6 | Business Resumption Planning: Opening Scenario | Read Chapter 6, pp. 223-227 |
| Paper #2 | A major personal concern for many people today is identity theft. Devise a plan for getting back to business as usual. Due next Tuesday | |
| Th 3/8 | Business Resumption Planning | Read Chapter 6, pp. 227-258 |
| T 3/13 | Disaster Recovery: Preparation | Read Chapter 7, pp. 261-280 |
| Th 3/15 | Disaster Recovery: Technical Considerations | Read Chapter 7, pp. 280-297 |
| T 3/20 | Disaster Recovery: Operation | Read Chapter 8, pp. 299-318 |
| Th 3/22 | Disaster Recovery: Recovery | Read Chapter 8, pp. 318-329 |
| 3/26-3/30 | SPRING BREAK | |
| T 4/3 | Review for Exam | Chapters 5-8 |
| Th 4/5 | Exam #2 | |
| T 4/10 | Business Continuity: Preparation--Opening Scenario | Read Chapter 9, pp. 331-340 |
| Helpful materials | ||
| Th 4/12 | Business Continuity: Preparation | Read Chapter 9, pp. 341-371 |
| Paper #3 | Find (using Google and/or Marvel) a business that failed to survive a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina. Why did it fail? Could it have done something differently to help it survive? Due next Tuesday | |
| T 4/17 | Business Continuity: Implementing the Plan | Read Chapter 10, pp. 373-387 |
| Th 4/19 | Business Continuity: Improving the Plan | Read Chapter 10, pp. 387-400 |
| T 4/24 | Crisis Management: Preparation | Read Chapter 11, pp. 401-419 |
| Th 4/26 | Crisis Management: The Aftermath | Read Chapter 11, pp. 419-442 |
| M 4/30 | FINAL EXAMS BEGIN | |
| EXAM DAY | FINAL EXAM | |
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