Cybercrime Credits: 1-4

Catalog description

Cyber threats are a global problem challenging all areas of business, and attorneys must be able to advise and defend clients from these threats. Criminal lawyers must be fluent in how new technologies work and how they impact investigations. In this course, students will learn how these new cyber threats and emerging technologies are challenging attorneys across the country. The course will prepare students to think as lawyers when confronting these threats. Course topics will include computer hacking, spamming, spear phishing, Internet fraud and social engineering, cyberstalking, and the rising use of computers and social media in violent crimes.