Classes

Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2013
M.S. in Information Assurance
Understand the legal and ethical issues associated with information security, including access, use, and dissemination. Emphasis is on the legal infrastructure relating to information assurance, including, but not limited to, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and on emerging technologies and laws for managing digital rights, including PCI-DSS, and state encryption laws. The class also examines the role of information security in various domains, including healthcare, business, and personal communications.

Cyberlaw Online

Semester: 

Summer

Offered: 

2013
Cyberlaw Online IA5240

The course will explore specific problems in applying real world law to cyberspace in areas such as intellectual property, privacy, content control, and international jurisdiction.  The class also reviews the legal and ethical issues associated with information security including access, use, and dissemination. We will emphasize legal infrastructure relating to information assurance and emerging technologies for management of digital rights.

Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2011
M.S. in Information Assurance program

Understand the legal and ethical issues associated with information security, including access, use, and dissemination. Emphasis is on the legal infrastructure relating to information assurance, such as the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Telecommunications Decency Act, HIPAA, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and on emerging technologies for management of digital rights, such as PCI-DSS. Examine the role of information security in various domains, including healthcare; scientific research; and personal communications, such as e-mail.

International and Foreign Legal Research

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2011
International and Foreign Legal Research (at NUSL)

This course is designed to teach students how to research international and foreign legal materials. The course uses a combination of lectures, hands on research exercises, and interactive activities to teach essential research skills. Students will learn effective research strategies to consult both electronic and print legal research sources. Some topics covered include: foreign and international secondary sources, treaties, jurisprudence, and the documents of international organizations including the United Nations and the European Union.