Overview
| This subject is a core subject | Core |
Data breaches in information systems can be extremely damaging to businesses. This subject introduces students to cybersecurity risk management, cognitive risk, and international cybersecurity standards. The subject explores cybersecurity governance requirements and key legal, regulatory and compliance frameworks. Through authentic case studies, students will comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and apply one of the risk management approaches. On completion of this subject, students will be able to critically evaluate current governance structures and arrangements, in both public and private organisations, with reference to international best practice standards. They will be able to apply these skills to • assess and respond to an organisation’s cybersecurity exposure • develop risk mitigation strategies • develop cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures and effectively manage and monitor compliance obligations
