Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive overview of information assurance and critical information
infrastructure protection. Information assurance of information assets and protection of the information
component of critical national infrastructures essential to national security are explored. The focus is at
the public policy and strategic management level, providing a foundation for analyzing the information
security component of information systems and critical infrastructures. Laws, national strategies
and public policies, and strengths and weaknesses of various approaches are examined for assuring the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical information assets.

Recommended Attendance:
This course is appropriate for senior leaders who exploit the information component of national military and economic power.  This includes, but is not limited to, government and military information operators; Chief Information Officers; Chief Information Security Officers; military and government personnel who develop and manage information resources; and students in Professional Military Education programs (intermediate and senior). 

Prerequisites
None; however, students are strongly recommended to take this course as the first in the NSTISSI No. 4011
certificate.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to analyze laws, national strategies, and public policies; and assess the strengths
and weaknesses of various approaches for assuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of those
information assets created, stored, processed, and communicated by information systems and critical information infrastructures.