To get, install, and use the freeware email encryption program PGP - Pretty Good Privacy . This bit of practical, hands-on computing experience is both valuable and important for today's increasing need for information security. This is a workshop activity to supplement data encryption theory that is integral to the course. This group of exercises will span several weeks and take the place of the formal written homework required in other classes. To write a term paper on an information security theme to be negotiated with the instructor.
Papers are to be delivered near term's end in hard copy via postal mail.
They will contain research and scholarship appropriate for a 400-level class. Papers will be 10-12 double spaced pages in length and conform to one of the two recognized academic styles, APA or Turabian. The midterm and final exams will both be online, open book quizzes administered via Web Tycho. You are responsible for the material in the text as well as any material provided to you on-line by the instructor. Plagiarism Please review the statement on plagiarism, in the UMUC European Division Catalog.