ECS 6100 - Policy, Legal, Ethics, and Compliance

This course integrates law, ethics and cybersecurity. The course examines laws related to privacy, intellectual property, civil litigation, criminal prosecutions, and, of course, cybersecurity. Students will identify and analyze the policies reflected in those laws. Students will explore several applicable ethical frameworks and apply them to various scenarios. Students will examine their responsibilities related to the handling of data as it pertains to legal, ethical and/or agency auditing issues, and how the type of legal dispute (civil, criminal, private) affects the evidence used to resolve an issue. (3 credits)