Global Cybersecurity

Catalog description

Introduces the basic concepts and tenets of cybersecurity from a global and cultural perspective, instead of a technical perspective. Explores how various nation-states view and employ cybersecurity in order to achieve their national strategic imperatives. Students articulate and understand fundamental cybersecurity concepts and principles rooted in U.S. and other national policy, compare and contrast various nation-state approaches to national security, the monitoring of other nations and foreign citizens, and how these relate to cybersecurity policies and practices. Students identify and describe cultural and political philosophies regarding personal data and personal privacy and their influence on national security policy and objectives.