CYBERSECURITY ECONOMICS AND POLICY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe clearly and effectively to non-expert audiences about security vulnerabilities and security-related incidents. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Evaluate common human-centered risks to information security and privacy by bringing relevant ideas from the social sciences to help us understand why people are behaving the way they are. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop awareness of the structure of the information security field, and career opportunities within it. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop strategies and sources for current awareness of security issues. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Discover patterns in cybersecurity incidents by looking at incidents from societal, legal, and policy perspectives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Distinguish how cybersecurity challenges affect marginalized communities in different ways, using an information science perspective. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Analyze real-world cybersecurity case studies to gain professional competencies important for management of information organizations. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe clearly and effectively to non-expert audiences about security vulnerabilities and security-related incidents. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Evaluate common human-centered risks to information security and privacy by bringing relevant ideas from the social sciences to help us understand why people are behaving the way they are. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop awareness of the structure of the information security field, and career opportunities within it. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop strategies and sources for current awareness of security issues. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Discover patterns in cybersecurity incidents by looking at incidents from societal, legal, and policy perspectives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Distinguish how cybersecurity challenges affect marginalized communities in different ways, using an information science perspective. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Analyze real-world cybersecurity case studies to gain professional competencies important for management of information organizations. Audience: Graduate