Online Master’s in Cybersecurity Law and Policy

This course will introduce essential programming concepts and techniques used in analytics. Students will learn and make use of industry standard programming languages widely used in application programming for data and statistical analysis in cybersecurity as well as other purposes. Students will understand and use various libraries for data manipulation, preparation, and analysis, and will be equipped to use the programming languages covered in real-world scenarios and circumstances upon completion.

This course is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills necessary to understand, implement, and leverage artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in the realm of cybersecurity. In an era where cyber threats continue to evolve and grow in complexity, AI has emerged as a powerful tool to defend against and mitigate these threats. This course explores the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, providing a comprehensive understanding of how AI technologies can be used to protect computing systems. By the end of this course, students will be well-equipped to leverage the power of AI to enhance cybersecurity efforts, making them valuable assets in the ever-evolving landscape of digital security. Join us on this exciting journey into the world of “AI for Cybersecurity” and prepare to defend against the digital threats of tomorrow. The course is intended for students with a basic understanding of computing and cybersecurity concepts.

This course introduces the applied theories relevant to human factors in information security, digitalization, and sociotechnical environments. It examines the human element through a comprehensive approach that explores human errors, new technologies, and cybersecurity incidents. The course investigates human-related aspects that have an impact on the practices, policies, and procedures that are in place in an organization to secure the firm’s information. Topic areas include human behavior, ethics, psychology, social engineering, the culture of hacking, cybercrimes, security fatigue, and burnout. The analysis covers techniques to prevent intrusions and attacks that threaten organizational data and methods to identify potential insider threats.

This course addresses hands-on ethical hacking, penetration testing, and detection of malicious probes and their prevention. It provides students with in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of the vulnerabilities of networks of computers, including the networks themselves, operating systems, and important applications. Integrated with the lectures are laboratories focusing on the use of open-source and freeware tools; students will learn in a closed environment to probe, penetrate, and hack other networks.

This course includes in-depth examination of topics in the management of information technology security, including access control systems and methodology, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, legal issues in information system security, ethics, computer operations security, physical security and security architecture, and models using current standards and models.

This course is an in-depth examination of topics in information technology/information security governance, risk, and compliance including information assurance policies, standards, and compliance, as well as the examination of security risk analysis and the performance of systems certification and accreditation.

Current legal issues in information technology are addressed, including elements of contracting, payment systems and digital signatures, privacy concerns, intellectual property, and business torts, as well as criminal liability, including hacking, computer trespass, and fraud. Examination of ethical issues, including privacy, system abuse, and ethical practices in information technology, equip students to make sound ethical choices and resolve legal and moral issues that arise in information technology.

Students learn to design and manage key business information security functions, including incident response plans, incident response teams disaster recovery plans, and business continuity plans. Reporting, response planning, and budgeting are all addressed. Students working in teams will prepare an incident response, disaster recovery, or business continuity plan for a real-world organization such as a business or a government body or agency.

This course covers internet contracting both domestically and internationally; payment systems and related privacy concerns; internet business torts and anti-trust in e-commerce. Legal issues are examined against the background of the nature of e-commerce.

Privacy may be one of the most pervasively discussed issues in this decade as a result of the increased concerns for security in travel, the openness of the internet, the consolidation of information in massive databases both by corporations and by governments, high incidence of identity theft, and the development of more and more highly sophisticated “listening and viewing” devices. This class examines privacy as protected by statute B through a patchwork of privacy acts B and the concomitant freedom of information requirements of a democratic government, as developed through tort doctrine in the courts, and as articulated through the Constitution of the United States and those of the various states. All aspects of privacy are considered, including wiretapping, government-required personal and business information, personal, family, and reproductive autonomy, the “right to be let alone,” and the right of publicity.

This is an applied course designed to introduce students to the emerging social, economic, and legal issues associated with blockchain and crypto-enabled technologies. The course is a survey designed for students with little or no prior experience with these technologies. The course is divided into three modules: (1) an introduction to blockchain and crypto technologies; (2) applications of the technologies; and (3) the law applicable to the technologies.

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