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Course Descriptions

The 12-credit Advanced Certificate in Cyber Security for Business Professionals consists of the following required courses:

CYB 700 Principles of Cyber Security for the Business Professional

In this introductory course, students will study the financial management of cyber security, including the creation and implementation of cyber security best practices by deploying developed technologies to avoid risks. Topics will include threats, legal and ethical issues, risk assessment and management, policies and procedures, and business continuity planning particular to finance systems. Students will also explore case projects related to these topics.
Credits: 3
Rotating Basis

CYB 701 Regulatory Compliance & e-Discovery

Regulatory compliance costs firms billions each year. For any organization, there is a significant financial investment in training employees on regulations, administering these training requirements, and ensuring training compliance is constantly up to date. Numerous learning management technology solutions are available today that almost certainly will reduce these management costs and provide a staggering return on- investment by improving compliance management efficiency. Non-compliance has another set of costs, even beyond the obvious large fines and penalties that may occur. Failure to comply may even lead to firings, lawsuits, public censure, loss of supplier contracts, stock devaluations and even bankruptcy. The major topics covered in this course include law, ethics, company policy, computer crimes, trademarks, copyrights, employment, training and education.
Credits: 3
Rotating Basis

CYB 702 Business Controls and Risk Management

Employers are now recognizing the need to invest in enterprise-wide risk education instead of relying on piecemeal approaches to operational threats. A fully enterprise-wide approach will ensure optimum risk management is effectively incorporated into decision-making processes across the organization. Beginning with the essential elements of risk measurement, students are introduced to the best practices of IT risk management. The course focuses on integrating the knowledge gained and studying best practices of governance.
Credits: 3
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CYB 703 Survivability and Disaster Recovery

Crisis management is a function of all public, private and non-profit organizations supporting their fundamental strategic objective of ensuring survivability and economic viability. In some organizations, crisis management is viewed and supported as an integrated strategic function: these are the "crisis prepared" organizations. Other business organizations have approached in a fragmented manner the many facets and issues inherent in effective crisis management, disaster recovery, and organizational continuity. Typically, responsibility for dealing with loss control and risk management has rested largely with financial departments rather than across all parts of the institution. This course identifies, examines and integrates the diverse crisis management, disaster recovery and organizational continuity issues challenging today's organizations.
Credits: 3
Rotating Basis