Cyber Security
Program Summary
On the edges of the expanding wave of Internet connectivity, digital technologies offer tremendous opportunities for stimulating economic growth and human development. The technologies, however, often extend beyond the reach of existing regulator regimes and current technological safeguards, making international development environments increasingly the scenes of cyber-crime.
Creation of viruses, electronic snooping, server hijacking to relay pornography, and fraud are only some of the current challenges affecting those working to extend the benefits of new media. Cyber security measures taken in response to these trends, however, may be misused to curtail privacy, freedom of expression or other democratic values.
Development agencies and governments increasingly find themselves at the intersection of these trends. How may they respond to the challenges in ways that help the benefits of new media grow, without compromising individual freedoms? As governments, businesses, and private citizens struggle to balance security concerns with the unparalleled opportunities that digital technologies offer, it is vitally important to be actively engaged in the policy debates -- both to learn what works and to help define the balance between security and privacy.
Employment Trends
The explosive impact of computers and information technology on our everyday lives has generated a need to design and develop new computer software systems and to incorporate new technologies in a rapidly growing range of applications.
Computer software engineers are projected to be one of the fastest growing occupations over the 2002–12 period.
Program Objectives
- Successful completion of each course earns a Certificate of Completion
- Cyber Security courses are designed to stand alone. There are no fixed curriculum or program requirements.