The course explores cybersecurity from a practical and regulatory perspective. It first explores the current threat landscape and engages with risk management and incident response principles and processes. The students become familiar with the most prominent threats and identify theories and principles in relation to managing such threats and dealing with cyberattacks that have taken place. The course then moves to explore different cybersecurity-related regulations, primarily the NIS and NIS2 Directives, the relation of data protection regulations to cybersecurity and other associated regulations. Finally the course focuses on AI and cybersecurity topics, analysing AI as a tool and target for cyberattacks, but also its usefulness in improving cybersecurity and supporting organisations against attacks.
