Readings: Introduction to Cyber Law and Policy

Catalog description

Introduction to the field of cyber law. The course will be team-taught by multiple instructors over the course of ten weeks, and will consist of three major components: (1) an overview of today's threat landscape and the legal frameworks governing approaches to private sector data breaches, cybercrime by state and non-state actors, and cyberwarfare; (2) an exploration of key domestic and international data privacy laws, and the legal and policy issues surrounding the government's collection of domestic and foreign data; and (3) the impact of emerging technologies on approaches to privacy and cybersecurity, with the financial sector as a case study.