Winter Program: Managing Cyber Risks in Organizations

Studiengang

International Program

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

IFLV6641

Anzahl der zugewiesenen ECTS-Credits

3.0

Name des/der Vortragenden

empfohlene optionale Programmeinheiten

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
none

Niveau der Lehrveranstaltung laut Lehrplan

Bachelor

Studienjahr

Fall 2025

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

1

Unterrichtssprache

English

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
• Develop a basic understanding of cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits
• Understand how social engineering is leveraged by hackers
• Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and how it is used (individuals, hackers, journalists, investigators, etc).
• Explore how the lack of physical security controls create cyber security risks
• Evaluate information security risk management methodologies and policies
• Calculate cyber risk and evaluate against cost of prevention mechanisms
• Evaluate impact of differing data privacy laws
• Examine various biometrics and identity proofing methods, such as facial recognition, hand-vein analysis, fingerprints, etc.
• Explore popular project methodologies and their gaps in cyber security processes
• Understand the global commerce impact of varying national data privacy laws in western countries
• Review commonly used fraud-prevention techniques
• Review information security gaps in project management methodologies
• Understand how businesses recover from an attack

Lehrinhalte

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
How can businesses protect themselves from becoming victims of cyber crime and data breaches? Is biometrics a better choice for identity proofing? Information Security has become a fundamental necessity for businesses regardless of size and industry. This course reviews common exploits that have cost organizations millions of dollars in damages and methods for assessing the risk of cyber threats. Data privacy laws differ by country, impacting international business transactions. The growing use of biometrics, fraud prevention mechanisms, data breaches, and how technology has been leveraged to perform crimes will be evaluated in addition to risk assessment and prevention methods for protecting corporate, governmental, and individual assets.
• Social engineering
• Understanding cybersecurity policy and governance
• Physical and environmental security
• Cloud security and cyber security framework
• Biometrics for identify proofing
• Fraud prevention
• Risk management methodologies
• Disaster recovery after an attack

Lehr- und Lernformen

Derzeit nur in Englisch verfügbar
The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

Praktikum

none

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