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What is Information Systems (IS)?
• Information systems (IS) consist of networks of hardware and software, people, and telecommunications that organizations use to collect, filter, process, create, and distribute data.
• IS is a scientific field of study that addresses the range of strategic, managerial, and operational activities involved in the gathering, processing, storing, distributing, and use of information and its associated technologies in society and organizations.
Information Systems
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• Combination of five key elements: • People• Hardware• Software• Data• Telecommunications
networks• to collect, filter, process,
create, and distribute data
• To solve business problems.
Information Systems & Data Driven Decision Making
IS Professional Core Competencies
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• Technical competency• Hardware, software, networking
• Business competency• Business integration, managing people
and projects, social skills, verbal and written communication
• Systems competency• Systems integration, development
methodologies, critical thinking, problem solving
• Analysis And Design of
Info Systems,
• Computer Networking,
• Information Security,
• Database Management
• Decision Support
Systems
MIS Career Options• IT Consultant• Business Intelligence Analyst • Business Analyst• Database Analyst• IT Project Leader• Information Systems Manager• Systems Analyst• Database Administrator• Web Developer• Network Administrator• Business Application Developer• Technical Support Specialist• Info Security officer (CISO)
“Technology is changing so rapidly–not just upgrades, but dramatic changes in the discipline itself.
Keeping pace is a challenge, not only teaching current technologies, but also forecasting and trying to guess what is coming down the pipeline.”
Information Tech Trends
• Respond to external customer/ partner demand• Increase customer reach• Competitive differentiation
Mobile Technology
• Increase customer understanding• Accelerate the development of new
products/services• Identify new markets
Business Analytics
• Adapt to market fasterCloud
Computing
• Improve or accelerate innovation• Understand customer sentiment
Social Business
Mobile-based Business Transformation
Business Analytics – Data Scientists• Big Data
Security & Privacy Issues • Security concerns ranked as the most significant barrier to
adoption. • Organizations are struggling to protect what is arguably their
most important asset: information.
mobile
• increased risk of data loss and security breach
• device management challenges,
• bring-your-own-device
Analytics
• data privacy• retention• Access control• Privacy • Social
discriminations
Cloud
• policies on employee use of public cloud file sharing services
• segregation of data within shared or hybrid cloud solutions
• Data control
Social Business
• Customer privacy expectations,
• regulatory compliance,
• Employee guidelines on confidentiality,
• acceptable use• Protecting the
corporate brand.
75% IT Skills Gap
10% Adv. Skills Ready
Tech Trends
• Collect, store, manage, understand data, data patterns and trends
• Apply Business intelligence, predictive analytics to turn data into business insights
• 40%-60% shortage
Business Analytics/Data
Science
• Scure IT assest, including HW, SW and Data• 30% plan to hire information security
professionals
Info Security Professionals
Research:Cyber Security Knwoledge Engineering
• Need to train Information Security workforce• Develop the educational tools
• Learning Security Concepts Ontology • Discovery Security Learning Resources Open Data • Integrate the multi-media learning data• Allow to search and learn multi-media learning resources
• Visit iSecure lab website• Cyber Security Ontology Browser (SOB)• Cyber Security Knwoledge Acquisition Tool (SKAT)
Security and Privacy Research
• Spatial data access control model• High resolution satellite data access control to protect
privacy• Conflict of Interest in inter-organizational business
process• Privacy policy for third party data sharing
Job Outlook
OCCUPATIONNo Jobs 2012
Change 2012- 2022 Job outlook (2012-2022)
Computer and Information Research Scientists 26,700 4,100 15% (Faster than average)
Computer Network Architects 143,400 20,900 15% (Faster than average)
Computer Programmers 343,700 28,400 8% (As fast as average)
Computer Support Specialists 722,400 123,000 17% (Faster than average)
Computer Systems Analysts 520,600 127,70025% (Much faster than average)
Database Administrators 118,700 17,900 15% (Faster than average)
Information Security Analysts 75,100 27,40037% (Much faster than average)
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 366,400 42,900 12% (As fast as average)
Software Developers 1,018,000 222,60022% (Much faster than average)
Web Developers 141,400 28,500 20% (Faster than average)