XBUS-690 - Cybersecurity Strategy

Course Description

Cultivate the skills needed to design and implement a comprehensive information security strategy through Georgetown’s Online Certificate in Cybersecurity Strategy. Academics and industry experts will guide you through a combination of independent study, lectures, and group work approaching the practice of cybersecurity through a managerial lens.

Throughout the program, you’ll develop strategic knowledge of security models, risk assessment, secure systems development, crisis management, and legal, regulatory, and compliance issues. You’ll also gain tactical knowledge by examining access control, encryption, network security, and social engineering.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the certificate, you’ll be able to:

• Support the business case for a cybersecurity strategy
• Summarize national and global cybersecurity issues
• Compose a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy
• Calculate information security risks
• Express related legal, regulatory, and compliance frameworks
• Develop a crisis management plan