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Cyber Security Management in Organisations

Course
2016-2017

Admission requirements

Admission only after intake, see https://www.csacademy.nl/en/education/master-s-programmes/executive-master-s-programme-cyber-security.

Admission only for those students who are enrolled in the governance track.

Description

In this module we will analyse and discuss the factors driving cyber security from an organisational and transformation perspective. Governance, strategy and change management within the context of cyber security are central.

Course objectives

Participants have:

  • Understanding of the key factors of a resilient Cyber secure organisation, its interconnectivity and the different elements of effective (cyber/information) risk management.

  • Knowledge and understanding of the concepts and different approaches of change management and are able to apply these in order to reduce risks.

  • Understanding of the culture and structures of organisations and work organisation and job design.

Participants are able to:

  • Perform risk analysis and communicate the results to the stakeholders; to explain the necessity of implementation of cybersecurity within an organisation to senior management.

Timetable

7 days from 9.30 until 17.00.

  • Thursday 2 February 2017

  • Friday 3 February 2017

  • Friday 10 February 2017

  • Friday 17 February 2017

  • Friday 24 February 2017

  • Friday 10 March 2017

  • Friday 17 March 2017

Mode of instruction

Lectures, seminars, exercises, class discussion.

Lecturers: to be announced.

Course Load

5 EC.

Assessment method

Assignments (80%), presentation (20%).

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.

Resit written exam
Students that want to take part in a resit for a written exam, are required to register via uSis. Use the activity number that can be found on the ‘timetable exams’.

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 both uSis and Blackboard to register for every course.
Register for every course and workgroup via uSis. Some courses and workgroups have a limited number of participants, so register on time (before the course starts). In uSis you can access your personal schedule and view your results. Registration in uSis is possible from four weeks before the start of the course.
Also register for every course in Blackboard. Important information about the course is posted here.

Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs

NVT.

Contact

Drs. Mireille Snels, programme manager:
m.m.snels@cdh.leidenuniv.nl

Pauline Hutten MSc, programme coordinator:
p.e.hutten@fgga.leidenuniv.nl

Remarks

See https://www.csacademy.nl/en/education/master-s-programmes/executive-master-s-programme-cyber-security.