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)

Q&A

Thank You

Questions?

Contact Information:

Prof. Soon ChunSoon.chun@csi.cuny.edu