Cybersecurity Communication

1 Credit · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This seminar is part of a two-course sequence that teaches students the common forms of professional writing and presentation required for the field of cybersecurity. In the fall seminar, students master specific techniques and strategies that let them to clarify a document’s purpose; design pages for readers who scan; and edit documents to ensure logical organization, flow, effective tone, clarity, concision, and correctness. In the spring seminar, students proceed through three writing challenges based on documents used in the workplace. To complete each writing challenge, students study models of the document type; hear from working professionals who have mastered the document type; complete numerous drafts; refine their drafts with peers; and review their drafts. The final writing assignment of the spring seminar involves reflecting on the knowledge gained from the presentations in the Cybersecurity Seminar and summarizing current practice in cybersecurity in the public sector.