Master of Business Administration Concentrating in Information Security

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Master of Business Administration Concentrating
in Information Security
INFOSEC MBA - Online program

• James Madison University, Virginia

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Why chose JMU?

• Founded in 1908, James Madison University is one
  of the leading public schools in Virginia and in
  the U.S.
• JMU repeatedly has been ranked as the top
  masters level public university in the South in
  the highly-regarded annual poll on academic
  quality by U.S. News World Report.

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Why chose JMU?

• The Kiplinger 100 ranks James Madison University
  17 in a listing of best values in public colleges
  schools that offer a first-class education at a
  reasonable price. (Kiplinger's Personal Finance,
  Feb. 2006).

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Why JMUs INFOSEC MBA?

• Information technology leading cause of change
  and transformation for organizations.
• Managing and leading the organization in the
  information age requires a new set of skills.

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Why JMUs INFOSEC MBA?

• James Madison University INFOSEC MBA, one of the
  leading programs in the field, is designed to
  focus on
• Managerial decision-making
• Analytical problem solving
• Oral and written communication
• Application of theoretical constructs
• All disciplines are taught with a focus on
  information security issues.

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Why JMUs INFOSEC MBA?

• Executives from industry, military and government
  who attain this degree will understand
• preservation of information confidentiality and
  protection,
• risk management, and
• data and system integrity
• all set against a strategic business background.

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Why JMUs INFOSEC MBA?

• JMU is the center of academic excellence in
  information security systems education as
  designated by NSA (National Security Agency).
• All graduates receive two NSA approved
  certificates Information Systems Security
  (INFOSEC) Professionals (NSTISSI No. 4011) and
  Information Systems Security Officers (CNSSI No.
  4014).

One of the Original 7Centers of Excellence
4011 and 4014 Certified
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History

• Computer Science started INFOSEC in 1997
• Discussions about Business INFOSEC
• Market Research
• First cohort launched in August 2000 16
  students
• 2nd cohort April 2002 27 students
• 3rd cohort April 2003 23 students
• 4th cohort April 2004 20 students
• 5th cohort April 2005 23 students
• 6th cohort December 2005 18 students
• 7th cohort April 2006
• 8th cohort August 2006, LA

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The program

• Courses
• 10 Required 4 Electives
• Student deliverables
• Each course is eight weeks long
• 4 hours face-to-face beginning ending
• Classes held on Saturday
• Software platforms
• Blackboard
• Tegrity
• Centra Symposium

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What will you learn?

• MBA 640 Management information systems
• Recognize the relationship between business
  pressures, organizational responses and
  information technology.
• Understand information architecture and
  infrastructure.
• Describe strategic information systems and
  explain their advantages.
• Discuss new forms of organizational practices
  facilitated by information technology.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security
• Develop an understanding of the three primary
  areas of information security (access,
  availability, integrity) and the application of
  this understanding to develop a mental structure
  for information security analysis.
• Be able to integrate the above knowledge and
  understanding to develop a basic Information
  Security Plan applicable to the students
  personal employment situation.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 600 Organizational Behavior
• Develop change strategies for organizations
  facing dynamic environments.
• Understand theories of personality and their
  impact on individuals in the workplace.
• Design jobs so as to enhance employee job
  satisfaction and performance.
• Manage organizational conflict in a functional
  and constructive manner.
• Identify and adopt leadership styles appropriate
  for the situation being faced.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 610 Quantitative Methods for Managerial
  Decisions
• Apply statistical and quantitative techniques to
  business situations.
• Employ computational skills in a
  software-assisted environment.
• Explain, interpret and compute a variety of
  measures and tools, including mean, median,
  standard deviation, relative frequency
  distributions, contingency tables.
• Conduct linear and multiple regressions,
  forecasting, linear programming, simulation and
  decision analysis.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 620 Accounting for Decision-Making and
  Control
• Understand how accounting meets information needs
  of managers, investors, and creditors and how
  accounting information is used to make short-term
  managerial decisions.
• Be able to read and interpret financial
  statements, distinguish among fixed, variable and
  mixed costs, prepare operating budgets, and
  identify relevant costs for decision-making.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 630 Financial Management
• Understand the concepts of operating leverage,
  financial leverage and total leverage and how to
  calculate them.
• Calculate a breakeven analysis for a project.
• Estimate the relevant cash flows associated with
  a capital budget project.
• Implement capital budgeting techniques to decide
  which capital budgeting projects should be
  accepted/rejected.
• Forecast an organizations financial needs based
  on its strategic planning.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business
  Decision-Making
• Apply the basics of markets, including supply and
  demand concepts, to explain movements in prices
  and quantities.
• Recognize and interpret the behavior of firms in
  situations of price competition, nonprice
  competition and collusion.
• Understand antitrust and regulation and apply
  competing theories of public policies toward
  competition.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 681 Managing Systems Networks
• Develop a basic understanding for how to design
  discrete and integrated voice/data networks.
• Learn about and work with tools that aid in
  configuration management.
• Learn about security organizations and tools used
  by network managers.
• Understand how the network must be included in an
  organizations overall Disaster Avoidance and
  Recovery Plan.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 642 Operations Management
• Understand the strategic importance of operations
  management and its role in creating a competitive
  advantage.
• Be able to develop, apply and interpret the
  results of basic procedures for forecasting,
  aggregate planning, master production scheduling,
  inventory planning, capacity management, and shop
  floor control.
• Be able to explain how marketing and finance
  affect operations management.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 643 Advanced Topics and Cases in Financial
  Management
• Identify conditions of market efficiency
• Set up the cash flows associated with the
  acquisition of capital asset.
• Utilize financial ratios to evaluate the
  operating and financial performance of a
  management team.
• Identify financial restructuring possibilities,
  which will lead to an increase value of the firm
• Evaluate financial data and identify problem
  areas of a firm.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management
• Conduct a a detailed situation analysis including
  macro-environmental, customer, competitor and
  industry data.
• Create marketing strategies including
  identification of product-market segment
  opportunities, development of product/service
  positioning and development of measurable
  marketing objectives.
• Devise and strategically implement, evaluate and
  control a marketing plan.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics
• Understand and be able to articulate the types
  and nature of computer crimes.
• Be able to identify, preserve, and analyze
  digital data where a crime is believed to have
  been committed such that it will stand up in
  court under cross examination.
• Understand the dynamics and interplay between
  computer science and forensic science.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 685 Information Security Ethics and Policy
• Obtain a working knowledge of government policies
  related to information technologies, including
  issues of protecting an individuals privacy.
• Review and understand the legal environment and
  the constraints placed upon operations in the
  information realm.
• Understand the information security concerns
  pertinent to strategic planning and forward
  thinking in an organization.

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What will you learn?

• MBA 690 Strategic Management
• Understand the fundamental aspects of strategic
  planning, industry analysis, strategy
  implementation, competitive dynamics,
  organization design, global strategies and
  corporate governance.
• Blend functional with strategic management and
  apply to various situations such as evaluating
  new markets, capturing returns from innovation,
  and managing production.
• Understand real-world issues faced by managers
  and apply skills and knowledge gained from
  previous course work.

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What do you need to apply?

• Selection to the program focuses on the whole
  person concept which emphasizes academic
  achievement, Graduate Management Admissions Test
  (GMAT) scores, and two years of work experience.

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What do you need to apply?

• Minimum requirements
• Undergraduate degree and a minimum GPA 3.00
• GMAT score of 525 or higher
• TOEFL score of 250 or higher
• Two years work experience post-baccalaureate
• If an applicant undergraduate degree is not in
  business, up to 6 prerequisite business courses
  must be taken prior to starting 600 level courses.

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How we will teach?

• Aside from the 4-hour face-to-face Saturday
  meeting at the beginning and at the end of every
  course, the INFOSEC MBA is completely web
  delivered.
• Our Internet-based remote education program
  employs the latest modes of delivery and allows
  students to learn, complete assignments and
  interact with faculty at any time and from
  anywhere.

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How to contact us?

• Applications are available online at
• http//www.applyweb.com/aw?jmug
• For more information about the program go to
• www.jmu.edu/mba/
• Or contact Dr. Kenneth Bahn at bahnkd_at_jmu.edu