Cybersecurity Essentials

Cybersecurity for Board members, Executives and Managers

When the management needs to discuss cybersecurity on a qualified basis, it requires language and technical understanding that can both reach and challenge those responsible for cybersecurity in the company. This is why Cybersecurity Essentials focuses on establishing a fundamental insight into the field.

This course will be held in March 2024 – Date and info to follow.

The question is no longer “if” a company will experience a successful cyber attack, but “when” this will happen and how to respond to that.

When the management has to discuss cyber security on a qualified basis, it requires a language and a technical understanding that can both reach and challenge those responsible for cyber security in the company.

This Module therefore focuses on establishing a basic insight into the field:

• Introduction and Security Trends. Including cybersecurity, typical threats and attack vectors and various approaches to cybersecurity.
• General Security Concepts. Including fundamental concepts, different aspects and principles of cybersecurity.
• The Role of People in Security (Social Engineering). Including potential risk behavior, secure habits and efforts to build a healthy security culture.
• Types of Attacks and Malwares. Including symptoms and relevant defenses and guidelines.
• Identification and Authentication. Including the role of passwords and how they can be attacked and strengthened

Professor at this Module: Nicola Dragoni, PhD, Deputy Director, Professor in Secure Pervasive Computing, Head of Section Cybersecurity Engineering, Head of DIGISEC – DTU Center for Digital Security