Cybersecurity and Public Policy: 3 semester hours

Catalog description

This course examines existing and evolving cybersecurity and data protection frameworks, while exploring the complex legal, policy, and compliance challenges raised by protection efforts. Topics to be covered will include: Threats to cybersecurity, Domestic and international Internet governance, The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and U.S. and Texas state privacy law and personal data protection measures. Other topics may include (cyber) War, international terrorism, and U.S. surveillance law, Private information infrastructure and the law of emergencies. By the end of the course, students should have proficient understand of the rapid development of technology and security at the nexus of law, policy, compliance, and enforcement.