INFOSEC - Learning Log #1



It's the first term for academic year 2017-2018. It's nice to have sir Justin Pineda as a professor again this term in INFOSEC (Information Systems & Security). Since he is our professor again, it's time to start writing learning logs again.

For my first learning log entry for INFOSEC, I'm going to start off by talking about what INFOSEC basically is. According to Sir Justin, INFOSEC is  Confidentiality (protection from unauthorized disclosure) , Integrity (protection of resources from modification)  ,and Availability (protection from DoS). We also cleared some misconceptions in class - like how IT Security is also INFOSEC. INFOSEC actually has many domains such as IT Security, Operational Security, Personal Security, etc. 

After the discussion we were given case studies to be done as a group. We had to use SMART objectives. SMART means specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. The next meeting, 2 groups presented. I noticed that their objectives were both corrected during the presentation. It got me thinking if my group had a correct SMART objective. Turns out that I understood SMART too literally. It was a good thing I was paying attention to the other group presentations and sir's comments.

To end this week's lecture, sir discussed our research paper to be submitted. Back in DNETCOM, my group presented 2 weeks in advance. Therefore, we received and incentive of a plus 25% on the research paper. This term, I hope to have the same experience this term - hopefully even better and present earlier. We also got to see some of the research papers that were presented in a conference. It would be nice - if by some miracle - if our paper would also be presented in a conference.

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  1. UnknownJune 18, 2017 at 10:27 AM

    It's good you know how to create a SMART objective then.. :)

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