From: Bob (EL) Burkhart [bob@presponse.com / bob@acctts.com]

Focus: MSU Catalyst Pop-Quiz for MMIS-MISD Courses
@ ACCTTS, LLC (C) 2001-2002

MMIS "Digital Defense" Decision Support Series


Q-1: Are you prepared to avoid being a CyberAbuse victim?

OPTION - Preview "Simple Computing Safeguards for Small Business
and Home Computer Users" @ www.acctts.com/dimens-1.html#A11A


A-1: Completing this quick risk-assessment helps you understand your needs
for improving "digital defense" methods and decision support skills covered
by Cyber Crime Fighting & Futuring (MISD 692)
and MIS Auditing (MISD 680)

Outcomes include learning about effective "defense-in-depth" strategies and
how to AVOID being hassled by the avoidable impacts of digital disruptions!

Enroll now to learn more about effective privacy, reliability,
database integrity and high availability methods.

 

Q-2: Why do information security, audit and control courses frequently
focus on Generally-Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) ?


A-2: Management decision-support systems usually depend on metrics (accounting) for feedback. However, Generally-Accepted Protection Practices (GAPP) are NOT (yet) understood by auditors & information systems managers.

 

Q-3: Do you need to know more about implementing highly-effective
operational continuity survival skills:

- Is your organization at risk?

- WHO & WHAT are the greatest threats to your organization?

- How do you know IF or WHEN your organization was last victimized?

- What needs be done to defend from attacks on vulnerable assets?

- How should your organization PRESPOND to digital disruptions?

- How do CyberSleuths use CyberForensics to neutralize CyberAbusers?


A-3: The innovative blending of Metro State University's
Summer 2002 Cyber Crime Fighting & Futuring (MISD 692)
and MIS Auditing (MISD 680) provides a high-value way to earn graduate certificate credits and learn about dealing effectively with workflow digital disruptions to help ensure operational continuity!

 

Q-4: What's an experience-based learning process that delivers measurable outcomes for your "Security Incident Response Team" (SIRT) collaborators?


A-4: See overview diagram illustrating
these (hyperlinked) dimensions:

- Understanding Risk Factors

- Coping Controls

- Investigating Skills

- Resolving Concerns

- Ethics & Litigation Strategies

ACCTTS-SIRT Competency Certification "Roadmap"
via Cyber Attack Team Training Simulations (CATTS)

Q-5: How do you register for this innovative MMIS
Summer-2002 course combination?


A-5: See departmental webpage
@ www.metrostate.edu/com/cmis.htm

For More Information, contact:
Kim Carlson - MISD Support Staff
Metropolitan State University
730 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403-1897
Work: (612) 341-7639 Fax: (612) 373-2739
E- mailto:kim.carlson@metrostate.edu


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