CSA 337 - Cyber Risk Management and Digital Resilience

(3 credits)

This course explains how to create not only an effective, but an agile, resilient, and collaborative cyber security strategy so managers can understand business risks, collaborate effectively with business partners, navigate the rapidly changing technology environment, influence application and infrastructure environments, and implement active defensive tactics. A comprehensive overview of Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection is conducted and information assurance of information assets and protection of the information component of critical national infrastructures essential to national security is explored. Focus is at the public policy and strategic management level, providing a foundation for analyzing the information security component of information systems and critical infrastructures. Laws, national strategies and public policies, and strengths and weaknesses of various approaches are examined for assuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical information assets. Prerequisite(s): CSA 130. Fall.