CJ 341A: Cyberlaw & Cybercrime
Course
Description
M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP,
Program Director, MSIA | School of Graduate Studies
FALL 2008
The computer has
become a common tool in crime. This course examines the nature and scope of
cybercrime and the legal response to high-tech crime, including the challenges
presented to legal frameworks. The lectures and readings identify and discuss
core cybercrime issues and the prevailing legal authorities (statutes,
regulations, policies) that address these issues. The course also examines
developing trends in cybercrime and cyberlaw. Students learn about the global
nature of computer crime and examine national and international laws,
regulations and agreements that govern computer crime, including computer
investigations, prosecution and defense. The course encourages analytical
thinking and reasoning about computer crime topics and relevant legal issues so
that students can identify, analyze, and solve problems in the continually
emerging cybercrime and cyberlaw issues and trends. The course explores legal
responses to cybercrime, including regulatory and law enforcement initiatives
aimed at combating computer crime. Prerequisites include basic courses in
computing and in criminal law.
Prerequisites:
IS120 or IS130 and CJ201 or permission of instructors. (3 Credits)
By
the end of this course, students will be able to
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CJ
341A: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 14:00:05 to 14:49:55 in Web 113.
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CJ341B: (Dr Stephenson) Tuesdays and Thursdays from
09:05:05 to 10:19:55 in Web 004
CJ341B
STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN CJ341A CLASSES AT ANY TIME AND CJ341A
STUDENTS MAY ATTEND ANY CJ341B CLASS
Additional readings will be assigned
during class and made available on the course Web site at
< http://www.mekabay.com/courses/academic/norwich/cj341/index.htm >.
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Closed-Book
Review Quizzes: 20%
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Four
announced closed-book quizzes testing
fundamental concepts from about two weeks of material are scheduled throughout
the semester as shown on the syllabus.
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The
quizzes will consist of five short-answer questions or ten multiple-choice
questions to be completed in ten minutes.
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Quizzes
are intended to encourage review and to help prepare students for the mid-term
exam and the final exam. They are not designed as onerous burdens on the
students. There are no trick questions and short answers may be in point form
rather than full sentences.
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The
schedule of the planned quizzes is in
the class syllabus. Students from CJ341B may not take quizzes in CJ341A nor
vice versa.
Students with a particular
interest in the subject matter or those who wish to compensate for a poor grade
in a quiz or in an exam may submit extra work for extra points added to their
final grade throughout the semester. Extra-credit essays can earn up to one additional percentage point on the
final grade for 500 words of completed expository
writing on a suitable topic approved by the instructor and including at
least three external reference sources to the current literature on cybercrime
and cyberlaw. The maximum extra credit that will be registered in all for the
entire course is 50% regardless of actual credit accumulation. Extra-credit
essays must include references to extra readings (i.e., not the assigned
readings and textbooks) and will be graded by the same standards as the term
paper. Students should consult the instructor before embarking on large-scale
extra-credit papers.
Students may also volunteer
to deliver one of the instructor’s prepared lectures for a maximum of 5 extra
points added to their final grade. Grading will be based on the thoroughness of
the student lecturer’s preparation and ability to respond to questions from the
class and from the instructor. Reading slides
verbatim will result in immediate termination of the exercise.
Students are graded on an individual
basis and must therefore complete their own work. Students are reminded of the
University’s Policy against cheating and plagiarism which is available in the Academic Rules & Regulations < http://www.norwich.edu/about/policy/academic/universityCatalog-academicRulesAndRegulations.pdf
> in “Appendix I – Academic Dishonesty.” Paragraph 3 of that section reads
as follows:
Plagiarism is the use of words, ideas,
concepts, or work of another, without proper acknowledgment. The direct
quotation of the words of another must be set off in quotation marks and acknowledged
in a footnote or other acceptable form of citation. The use of paraphrased
material, or the ideas, concepts, or work of another must also be acknowledged
in a footnote or other acceptable form of citation. Acknowledging sources used
in the preparation of an assignment solely in a bibliography does not
constitute an acceptable acknowledgment of the words, ideas, concepts, or work
of another used in the assignment. In any case where a student is found to have
used plagiarized material, an academic penalty will be assessed.
Ignorance of the University’s Rules is
not a valid defense against accusations of academic dishonesty. If in doubt as
to what constitutes plagiarism, ask before submitting assignments. Instances of
cheating and of plagiarism will be reported to the Academic Integrity
Committee. Penalties include expulsion from the University.
Professor Kabay (mailto:mkabay@norwich.edu) is available at the
School of Graduate Studies at 10 Depot Square in Northfield by appointment – which
can consist simply of calling to see if he’s in and then coming to visit him.
Students are welcome to call him at (802) 479-7937 at any
time (that number follows him from home office to cell phone to University
office and can never disturb him); if necessary, leave a voice-mail message
with a return number.
Instant messaging and video chats are available anytime you
see these IDs online:
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AIM:
msiapd
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Yahoo:
mich_kabay
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MSN:
mekabay@gmail.com
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ICQ:
460817550
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Skype:
mekabay
M. E. Kabay began programming computers in assembly
language in 1965. In 1976, he received his PhD from Dartmouth College in
applied statistics and invertebrate zoology and taught biology, statistics and
programming courses as a university professor in Canada and overseas. In 1979,
he joined a compiler team for a new 4GL and RDBMS in the U.S. and then joined
Hewlett-Packard Canada in 1980 as an operating systems and database performance
specialist, winning the Systems Engineer of the Year Award in 1982. He earned
his CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) designation in
1997. He served as Director of Education for the National Computer Security
Association (NCSA, later ICSA and then TruSecure) from 1990 to 1999 and then
worked with AtomicTangerine where he supported the International Institute for
Information Integrity® (I-4®). Since 1986, he has published over 950 articles
in operations management and security, written a college textbook on enterprise
security (McGraw-Hill, 1996), and served as Technical Editor of the 4th Edition
of the Computer Security Handbook (Wiley, 2002). He writes two
security-management columns a week distributed by Network World and is working
on the 5th Edition of the Computer
Security Handbook which will be published in January 2009. He has been an
invited lecturer at the United States War College, NATO HQ, and at NATO
Counterintelligence training in Germany. He was inducted into the ISSA
(Information Systems Security Association) Hall of Fame in December 2004 and
earned his ISSMP (Information Systems Security Management Professional)
designation in November 2005. Dr Kabay is Associate Professor of Information
Assurance in the School of Business and Management at Norwich University,
Northfield, VT 05663-1035 USA and currently the full-time Director of the
Master's Program in Information Assurance in the School of Graduate Studies
(SGS) where he is also the CTO (Chief Technical Officer) of the SGS.
Visit his Web site at < http://www2.norwich.edu/mkabay >
Course Web page
< http://www.mekabay.com/courses/academic/norwich/cj341/index.htm
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