Course Description
This course explores cybersecurity policy and strategy and introduces students to the essentials of strategy development and policy making in cybersecurity. Topics considered include planning principles in cyber strategy; risk management and cybersecurity policy; the connections between cybersecurity policies, businesses, and governmental institutions; the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to develop and implement cybersecurity policy; the social, political and ethical implications that arise in cybersecurity policies and strategies; strategies to assess cybersecurity policy; and the ties between national security and cybersecurity policy.
Course Work
Assignment 1
Write a paper focusing on the cybersecurity policy. What is the cybersecurity policy/strategy you have selected? This should be a two-page paper describing a cybersecurity policy/strategy in layperson’s terms. The focus should be on an overview of the policy, why it was developed, how it is applied, how the policy fits within a national (even international) cybersecurity policy, and how at least three scholarly journal articles have described the policy.
Policy Analysis Paper: Cybercrime Punishments
Assignment 2
Write a paper focused on the ethical implications of the cybersecurity policy. What are the ethical implications that arise from the cybersecurity policy/strategy you have selected? This should be a two-page paper describing the ethical issues that arise when considering the cybersecurity policy/strategy you have selected. Attention should be given to the costs and benefits of the policy/strategy, the types of rights that are protected and potentially limited with the policy/strategy, and whether the policy/strategy appropriately addresses individuals’ rights. The paper must include at least three scholarly journal articles that support the discussion.