Description

This course gives overview for various aspects for cyber-security policy development, governance structures, policy selection and implementation, auditing, and control mechanisms to assure compliance and efficacy. In addition, the students will learn about various legal considerations involved in formulating and managing such policies, cybercrime, intellectual property, cyberwarfare, and the homeland security (i.e., critical infrastructure protection). They will also be exposed to various technical issues that can be utilized in developing effective national and international policies related to cyberspace. It covers how to analyze policies thoroughly, identify their weaknesses, then compare and contrast them, and recognize the significance of training and compliance in information security risk management. The course highlights the transdisciplinary impacts and issues that must be addressed in designing or putting into practice successful national cybersecurity laws and policies.

Program

Undergraduate 132 CRs

Objectives

• - Provides knowledge on the history of cyber security policy, the governance frameworks for policy making, the selection and application of policy, and the audit and control procedures to assure compliance and effectiveness.
  - Students will be exposed to the national and international policy and legal considerations related to cybersecurity and cyberspace such as privacy, intellectual property, cybercrime, homeland security (i.e., critical infrastructure protection) and cyberwarfare, and the organizations involved in the formulation of such policies.
  - Analyze policies thoroughly, identify their weaknesses, then compare and contrast them.
  - Recognize the significance of training and compliance in information security risk management.
  - To highlight the transdisciplinary impacts and issues that must be addressed in designing or putting it into practice successful national cybersecurity laws and policies, broader technology issues are also explored.