FTA 4100 - Introduction to Information Security for FinTech

Credits: 3

The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the rapidly evolving and critical international arenas of privacy, information security, and critical infrastructure for FinTech. This course is designed to develop knowledge and skills for security of information and information systems within FinTech organizations. It focuses on concepts and methods associated with security across several systems platforms, including internal and internet-basing systems. The course utilizes a world view to examine critical infrastructure concepts as well as techniques for assessing risk associated with accidental and internal breaches of security in a FinTech network. It introduces associated issues of ethical uses of information and privacy considerations.