Digital Business, Security, Ethical and Legal Issues
Delve into the topics of data protection, computer misuse, copyright and digital rights management and criminal content liability.
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
8 hours
Digital Business, Security, Ethical and Legal Issues
Understand the key aspects and importance of digital security
E-commerce security and privacy is an important issue with regards to the growth of e-commerce. In this short course, you will explore the reasons behind lack of customer security and privacy online and the importance of adequate security and privacy measures will be discussed. The need for increased security and privacy measures as well as the importance of customers’ trust in developing online relations, will be emphasised. A sound knowledge of the various legal implications of data and access will be demonstrated.
What topics will you cover?
- Threats for digital business
- Threat vectors
- Types of attackers
- Impact on organisations
- Ethical and legal issues in e-business
- Explore cyber laws
- The terminologies in cyber laws
- The legal responses to cyber crimes
- Risks posed by cloud security issues
- BYOD policies
- Critical steps for organisations to respond to cyberattacks
- Challenges and opportunities of e-business/e-commerce
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Develop an awareness of the threat landscape to digital businesses
- Explore the ethical and legal issues facing digital businesses
- Describe the terminologies in cyber laws
- Evaluate how prepared organisations are to mitigate threats and assess their level of preparation
Who is the course for?
This short course will be beneficial to students who plan on working in digital businesses or management consultancies.
Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.
Who will you learn with?
Mahda is a lecturer in business strategy at Coventry University’s School of Strategy and Leadership. Mahda's research interests are BDA capability, digital transformation and organizational capability
I am Senior Lecturer in e-Business in the School of Strategy and Leadership and Associated Researcher in the Centre for Business in Society (CBiS) in Coventry University.
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
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