Individual Course

Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age

Course Length

8 weeks

8–11 hours per week

Featuring faculty from:

Harvard Kennedy School

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Certificate Price:

$ 3,518

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Develop a personalized mitigation strategy for your organization’s networks, systems, and data to successfully respond to cyberattacks.

With news of large-scale cybersecurity threats and cyberattacks frequently dominating headlines, cyber risk management has become a fundamental component of business operations.

The Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age online short course from Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL), in association with HarvardX will teach you how to identify and manage operational, litigation, and reputational risk. Guided by experts, you’ll learn to assess and mitigate specific vulnerabilities within an organization’s networks, systems, and data. Gain the skills and tools to protect the integrity and confidentiality of your company's digital assets.

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Learning Outcome

Build and recommend a cybersecurity leadership plan.

Learning Outcome

Develop a cyber risk mitigation strategy that includes the appropriate legal and compliance steps for reporting and responding to cyberattacks.

Learning Outcome

Understand cybersecurity and the value of an organization-wide approach.

Faculty

Your Instructor

Eric Rosenbach

Director of the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Eric Rosenbach is a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and is the Director of the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Rosenbach teaches graduate courses in policy development, strategy execution, and national security. As Pentagon Chief of Staff from 2015–2017, Rosenbach led and managed the execution of dozens of high-profile strategic initiatives for the largest public sector organization in the world. As Assistant Secretary of Defense, Rosenbach was responsible for developing and executing the strategy for all aspects of the Department’s cyber activities and other key areas of defense policy. In the private sector, he led the cybersecurity practice of a global management consulting firm, advising the executives of Fortune 500 companies on strategic risk mitigation strategies.

About the certificate

Learn cybersecurity best practices online and earn a premier certificate from Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL), in association with HarvardX.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your digital certificate will be issued in your legal name and couriered to you upon successful completion of the course, as per the stipulated requirements.