FOUNDATIONS OF CYBERSECURITY MANAGEMENT

Catalog description

This course considers the contemporary cybersecurity threat landscape facing organizations. Students apply various risk frameworks to provide structure to the decision-making needed to invest in resources for security controls and countermeasures. Multiple strategies are explored, including policies, procedures, training, strategic alliances, technologies, and methodologies, especially drawing upon risk management and financial decision-making that are used in other sectors of an organization. Topics include qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, audits, metrics, vulnerability assessment, capital budgeting, return on security investment, legal and regulatory compliance, and security best practices. The course will prepare students to be successful in taking on leadership roles in assuring the security of an organization's operations. Admission to the MS program is required to take this course. Students must achieve a B or better in this course to remain in the program.