Information Assurance: The Way to Introduce in UG Education in India — A Policy Framework

Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Management, IT and Education, 1(1), pp. 129-128. ISBN No.: 978-87-941751-2-4, 2019

9 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2019

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Prantosh Paul

Raiganj University

P. S. Aithal

Srinivas University, Institute of Management and Commerce

A. Bhimali

Raiganj University

Date Written: October 20, 2019

Abstract

Information Assurance (IA) is an important and emerging concepts related to the information security. Information Assurance (IA) is also required for the managing and implementing information security related policies. There are two types of security; firstly traditional security and another one is computational security. Traditional security is about the manual documents and content related security whereas; computational security is deals with various components based security viz. Network Security, Web Security, Database Technology, Multimedia Technology, etc. Information Security is very close with the Information Assurance (IA), as it is also deals with Manual and Computational areas; though it is additionally deals with the policies, regulation and guidelines of security. Many universities internationally offered degrees and academic programs on Information Assurance (IA) and allied fields viz. Information Assurance and Security, IT and Information Assurance, Computer and Information Assurance, IT Security and Assurance, etc. The degrees are offered in different levels viz. Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, PG Diploma, PG Certificate, Doctoral and Post Doctoral level; there are different universities. In India, a very few universities have started security related degrees and most of these are offering traditional nomenclatures. There are potentialities to offer the degrees at UG levels with little initiatives and policies. This paper talks about such potentiate and situation in detail.

Keywords: Information Assurance, UG Education, Indian Higher Education, Research Degrees, IT Security

Suggested Citation

Paul, Prantosh and Aithal, P. S. and Bhimali, A., Information Assurance: The Way to Introduce in UG Education in India — A Policy Framework (October 20, 2019). Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Management, IT and Education, 1(1), pp. 129-128. ISBN No.: 978-87-941751-2-4, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3484112

Prantosh Paul

Raiganj University ( email )

Yogesh Bhawan; S/O Santi Ranjan Biswas; Ashok Pall
Near Asha Cinema Hall; P.O.+ P.S. Raiganj
Raiganj, West Bengal 733134
India

P. S. Aithal (Contact Author)

Srinivas University, Institute of Management and Commerce ( email )

A. Bhimali

Raiganj University ( email )

Yogesh Bhawan; S/O Santi Ranjan Biswas; Ashok Pall
Near Asha Cinema Hall; P.O.+ P.S. Raiganj
Raiganj, West Bengal 733134
India

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