Managing Cyber Security Risks: Protecting Your Company’s Assets
This program from our catalog is not on our current schedule of courses. For additional information email executive.education@uncc.edu
Organizations are increasingly facing cyber security risks and potential loss of value due to security breaches. Executives who are familiar with key issues and best practices in cyber security are better prepared to protect their enterprises against various cyber security threats. Participants will learn about how to respond to and recover from cyber security incidents. They will also learn how to protect information assets by using various security countermeasures such as firewall, intrusion detection systems, cyber insurance, and vulnerability patching. Frameworks for understanding the cost and benefits of investing in cyber security will also be covered.
Because cyber security is a very extensive topic, this course is only intended to provide an overview of the key cyber security issues from a managerial perspective. The goal is for participants to gain a basic understanding that will help them further explore specific areas in cyber security.
Take-aways
- Identify different types of cyber security risks and attacks affecting the information assets of an organization.
- Learn how to protect information assets by using various cyber security countermeasures.
- Learn how to respond to and recover from cyber security incidents.
- Understand cost benefit frameworks for making cyber security investment decisions.
- Participate in a simulated data breach to learn cyber security attack dynamics and types of defenses.
- Create the foundation of a risk management plan for you and your team.
Who Should Attend:
Non-technical business executives interested in broad overview of cyber-security rather than deep technical aspects of cyber security. Such executives include auditors, policy makers, budget officers, financial executives among others.
Dr. Ram Kumar
Professor of Management Information Systems
UNC Charlotte
Dr. Kumar has consulted on issues relating to data confidentiality, analytics, risk management and technology management with leading organizations in the energy and financial services industries, as well as for federal government agencies. He has taught executive and MBA classes in the U.S., France, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. He has published articles in leading academic journals and made presentations at prestigious conferences, such as the International Conference on Information Systems and the IEEE Symposium on Research in Security and Privacy. He is the recipient of teaching, research and service awards from the Belk College of Business. Prior to beginning his academic career, Dr. Kumar served as an executive in the technology industry.
Dr. Sungjune Park
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
UNC Charlotte
With over 20 years of teaching experience, Dr. Sungjune Park has taught executive and MBA courses for students in the U.S., Taiwan and Korea. Dr. Park brings extensive expertise in the areas of analytics, and networking and information security. He has published research articles on information security in leading academic journals and conference proceedings. He is frequently invited to review cyber-security research papers for academic journals and serve as referee for cyber-security research grant proposals. In addition, Dr. Park has been consulted by social media firms for his expertise in business analytics and digital piracy.
Dr. Monica S. Johar
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
UNC Charlotte
Dr. Monica Johar has consulted with local and global companies on issues relating to business analytics. Dr. Johar was actively involved in the design of UNC Charlotte’s premier Professional Science Master’s in Data Science and Business Analytics. With over 15 years of teaching experience, she has taught courses relating to information systems and analytics for MS and MBA students at UNC Charlotte. Her expertise include information security, software development, social networks, and business analytics. Dr. Johar’s research has been published in premier IS journals such as Information Systems Research and Journal of Management Information Systems. She is frequently invited to present her research at premier national and international conferences such as the International Conference on Information Systems, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, and Workshop on Information Technology and systems. She has won and been nominated for several research awards for her work. She serves on the editorial board of several academic journals and conferences.