Learning Objectives

The program is aimed at training professionals with the advanced, integrated management and technology expertise needed to respond to increasing connectivity, availability of huge amounts of data and digitalization of organizations. These factors entail both opportunities in terms of how value is generated and the responsibility to protect the wealth of information available to companies.
It is designed for students having multi-disciplinary backgrounds in computer science, engineering, management and economics with a genuine interest in cyber issues.

The interdisciplinary focus of the program - which combines elements of computer science with economics and business as well as analytical methods, law, social engineering, ethics and behavioral skills - allows graduates to interpret the potential challenges related to the digital economy and ‘cyber risk’ issues and influence the strategic decisions of businesses and organizations where they will work.

Specifically, the Master of Science in Cyber Risk Strategy and Governance’s qualifying goals are:

• To offer an advanced, many-faceted preparation that balances legal, management and technological (computer engineering) skills and knowledge to manage the decision-making process within businesses and public/private institutions through multiple and unconventional perspectives. This makes it possible to operate in a highly “connected” socio-economic system characterized by the presence of large amounts of data;
  That means developing profiles that can manage current and future challenges, with a clear vision of the settings in which they work.  They must be able to engage with all levels of the hierarchy of an organization to influence strategic decisions and implement actions to mitigate cyber risks and take advantage of opportunities connected to information assets;
• To provide knowledge and skills in data analysis, intended both as analysis of computer data aimed at identifying risks/vulnerabilities of systems and opportunities to create value, and as analysis of data aimed at supporting subsequent corporate decision-making processes;
• To develop behavioral skills via ad hoc seminars and via in/out of class activities related to courses, namely skills in communication, in interaction, and in addressing complex issues;
• To promote, besides English (language of the program), proficiency in another EU language.