CYSE 425

Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy

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 Material

This paper analyzes the National Cyber Security Strategy set forth by the United States Department of Defense

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This paper discusses the use of data privacy within the European Union’s GDPR.

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Skill Development

  • Writing cybersecurity policies
  • Analyzing cybersecurity policies
  • Ethics
  • Adaptability
  • Practicality