Course Description:
This course presents a comprehensive overview of ethical issues, legal resources and recourses, and public
policy implications inherent in our evolving online society. Complex and dynamic state of the law as it applies to behavior in cyberspace is introduced, and the pitfalls and dangers of governing in an interconnected world are explored. Ethical, legal, and policy frameworks for information assurance personnel are covered. Various organizations and materials that can provide assistance to operate ethically and legally in cyberspace are examined. Topics include intellectual property protection; electronic contracting and payments; notice to and consent from e-message recipients regarding monitoring, non-repudiation, and computer crime; and the impact of ethical, moral, legal, and policy issues on privacy, fair information practices, equity, content control, and freedom of electronic speech using information systems.

Recommended Attendance:
This course is appropriate for senior leaders who must manage organizations that depend upon the information infrastructure.  This includes, but is not limited to, federal and military information operators; Chief Information Officers; Chief Information Security Officers; military and federal personnel who develop and manage information resources; and students in Professional Military Education programs (intermediate and senior). 

Prerequisites
None; however, students who have no information assurance background should take Information
Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection (AII) before taking this course.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to (1) assess potential legal issues that might flow from implementing and not implementing information security policies, practices, and procedures, and (2) create policies and operating
procedures for an organization that are ethically and legally sound.