This course is an overview of securing the Windows operating system. The content will include a basic introduction of: shell programming, process management, processor management, storage management, scheduling algorithms, resource protection and system programming. The course will include programming projects focused on Information Assurance problem solving utilizing the C programming language primarily. Students are expected to be familiar with virtual machines, the Windows command line interface and a basic programming language. Basic knowledge of C programming, scripting and Windows is helpful but not required. Prerequisites: IAE-201, CS-150 and CT-152. (3-0-3) NOTE: Students enrolled in this course incur an additional lab fee of $100.