CYBER RISK STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE
Two of Italy’s universities, Bocconi and Politecnico di Milano, have joint forces to prepare a new category of professionals in the field of cyber risk. The two-year program, entirely taught in English, is based on a complementary blend of their strengths: Politecnico provides top-flight technological training, while Bocconi shares its expertise on the strategic and economic fronts. It brings together several key knowledge areas to govern cyber risk. Firstly, it offers technical competencies in the fields of computer science and technology, crucial to a deep understanding of the cyber world. Then it reviews managerial, legal and economic principles to place cyber risk into context. Students also practice the soft skills required to communicate cyber challenges.
Organizer
Politecnico di Milano
Cooperation with: Bocconi University
Duration
2 YEARS
Thematic Scope
Introduction to cyber risk; Software methodologies and architectures for security; Cybersecurity technologies, procedures and policies; Artificial intelligence for security; Technology governance; Social engineering; Strategy and governance for cyber risk; Cyber risk and data protection law; Methods and data analytics for risk assessment; Institutional scenarios of cyber risk; Ethical aspects of security and privacy; Soft skills; Data protection, Business and cyber intelligence, Blockchain and cryptoassets, Machine learning in cyber risks, Computer forensics, Fintech models
Job opportunities
This MSc program is built to prepare students to enter the job market in firms, financial institutions, other institutions in public/private sectors as well as consulting companies, with two main profiles: as Cyber Risk Managers graduates will support tasks related to cyber risk management at organizational level, as Data protection and security managers graduates will support tasks related to data protection, privacy management and compliance in order to govern risks on data.
