Cyberrisk
Digitalisation and associated cyberrisk have gained importance in society and the workplace. There are increasing demands on both auditors and managers to assess and manage cyberrisk. To achieve this, understanding risk is important. This course will help students acquire work-relevant skills and a better understanding of the risks associated with digitalisation in society.
The course consists of three main themes:
- Introduction to cyberrisk, including definitions, risk assessment and relevant legislation for organisations.
- Cybercrime with particular emphasis on economic crime in the digital domain, criminal business models and challenges related to crime prevention.
- Perspectives on technological development and modern risks to understand cyberrisk.
In order to gain in-depth knowledge of cyberrisk, the course will build on interdisciplinary literature from information technology, business and sociology.
It is possible to apply for admission to the course as a single course. There are reservations about the available capacity on the course. The applicant must meet the current admission requirements for the master of ccience in business or master of accounting, auditing and sustainability or other relevant bachelor degree (engineer, political science, law or other).
The course aims for the student to acquire the following knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student has
- advanced knowledge of cyberrisk and its significance for organisations
- advanced knowledge of cybercrime and challenges related to combating crime
- in-depth knowledge of theories of how technological development creates risk
Skills
The student can
- apply economic theory as explanatory models for different types of economic crime in the digital domain
- provide recommendations to organisations based on assessments of consequences and cyberrisk in relevant cases and scenarios
Generalcompetence
The student can
- acquire and disseminate scientific literature within cyberrisk
- analyse the role and impact of digitalisation in society through different perspectives on technological development and risk
- communicate and discuss issues related to cyberrisk from an interdisciplinary perspective
- reflect on, assess and specify feedback on their own and fellow students' work and academic konwledge
Lectures, independent work, group work and presentations in connection with work requirements.
Generating work using artificial intelligence (ChatGPT or similar) and submitting it in whole or as part of your own work is considered cheating unless otherwise explicitly stated.
Oral, individual exam constitutes 100% (letter grade, A-F).
Approved coursework is a condition for taking the oral exam.