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Cyber Risk Management

Course
2016-2017

Admission requirements

Admission only after intake, see website

Description

Getting an understanding of the complexity and multi-nature of cyberspace and cyber risks.

  • Cyber risk management concepts and definitions

  • Approaches for cyber risks assessment and their limitations

  • Models and metrics for cyber risk assessment and treatment

  • Motives and incentives underlying cyber attacks

  • Technical and non-technical means to execute cyber attacks

  • Cyber risk mitigation approaches

  • Vulnerabilities in the defense against cyber attacks

  • Risk analysis of (big) cyber incidentsMotives and incentives underlying cyber attacks

  • Towards acceptable cyber risk levels

Course objectives

Participants have

  • Basic understanding & knowledge on existing (safety- and security-related) risks and risks analysis approaches and their applicability (for analyzing cyber risks).

  • Understanding of cyber attacks (including technical aspects as well as motives and incentives) and effectiveness of cyber defense mechanisms and tools.

Participants are able to:

  • Understand cyber risk as a key concept to describe and establish a secure cyberspace.

  • Describe characteristic risk management processes and activities.

  • Identify, analyze and evaluate cyber risk factors and cyber risks in different situations and
    domains.

  • Select and describe appropriate risk mitigation approaches as treatment of assessed cyber
    risks.

  • Understand the complexity and multi-nature of cyber risk by the analysis of infamous
    cyber security incidents

  • Understand the various dilemmas and constraints underlying cyber security

  • Understand the limitations of cyber risk assessment and mitigation

  • Discuss tactic and strategic issues related to (technical and governance) cyber risk
    identification & quantification questions with relevant stakeholders

Timetable

7 days from 9.30 until 17.00:

  • Friday 24 March 2017

  • Friday 31 March 2017

  • Friday 7 April 2017

  • Friday 21 April 2017

  • Friday 5 May 2017

  • Friday 12 May 2017

  • Friday 19 May 2017

Mode of instruction

Lectures, seminars, exercises, class discussion

Lecturers: dr. Pieter Burghouwt (HHS), Prof. dr. Jan van den Berg, dr. Jan van der Lubbe (TUD),
Nina van der Knaap MSc and others.

Course Load

5 EC.

Assessment method

Assignments (60%), written exam (40%).

No compensation is possible for assignments of 30% or more.

You can find more information about assessments and the timetable exams on the website. Details for submitting papers (deadlines) are posted on Blackboard. On the Public Administration front page of the E-guide you will find links to the website, uSis and Blackboard.

Resit Students will be permitted to resit an examination if they have taken the first sit and have a mark lower than 5.5 or with permission of the Board of Examiners.

Blackboard

Yes, for posting slides of lectures, relevant literature and assignments

Reading list

Compulsory literature and literature for further consultation will be announced via Blackboard

Registration

Use Blackboard to register for every course. Important information about the course is posted here.

Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs

NVT.

Contact

Remarks

See website