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Digital Security Policy and Management

Explore the guiding principles of information security policies and their influence on businesses and organisations.

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
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Educators

Discover the influence of policy, plan and procedure on digital security

This course will investigate the role of a cyber security policy, the assets that need to be protected, the threats to those assets and the rules and controls for protecting them.

You’ll also carry out a critical analysis of existing policies and examine guidance on designing a security policy.

What topics will you cover?

  • Guiding principles of information security
  • Developing pragmatic security policies and ensuring universal participation
  • Implementing and maintaining information security within the enterprise

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...

  • Explain the role of a security policy and how it protects people, organisations, and information
  • Evaluate the influence of policy on establishing acceptable bounds for behaviour
  • Evaluate existing IT governance policies
  • Explain self-direction in designing security policies to defend assets within the context of global communication and the web

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone who is keen to increase their knowledge of digital security risks and the tools and techniques used to guard against them.

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?

Anitha Chinnaswamy

Anitha Chinnaswamy is an Assistant Professor at the Coventry Business School. As a Research Associate with CBiS, she is involved in teaching & research that pertains to data & information management.

Zilia Iskoujina

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

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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