Cybersecurity: the Intersection of Policy and Technology

Our world is a place where cyberattacks can happen instantaneously.

Indeed, individuals and institutions are increasingly vulnerable to network-based intrusions that disrupt productivity, jeopardize privacy and threaten national security. The worst part is, the identity or location of an adversary may never be known.

That's why the security and resilience of critical infrastructure and technology in the United States and around the world requires constant vigilance against cyber threats. Despite the magnitude of the problem, the field of cybersecurity strategy, policy and management is evolving.

A Groundbreaking Approach to Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology is the first program of its kind to focus on the intersection of policy and technology and how, together, they can address the critical threats of a cyber world. The objective is to bring together technologists and policymakers and provide them with a conceptual framework for the design of both cybersecurity policy and technology.

• A deeper understanding of the technical basics of cyberspace and the cyber issue
• An exploration of the nature of emergent and future cyber threats
• The tools to frame and evaluate strategies and policy responses to these threats
• Professional skill-building through group work and scenario assessment
• A lasting network of cyber strategy and policy professionals on whom you can call for support

Curriculum

Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology is an intensive week-long program led by a team of Harvard faculty members, policymakers and leading practitioners in the field of cybersecurity, many of whom advise governments, agencies and industries around the world.

Lectures and case studies drawn from recent events will bring focus to issues at the intersection of cyber policy and technology. At the same time, group sessions will enable you to engage directly with the issues, solve problems and discuss how insights and cybersecurity measures can be applied in your own country or organization.

The curriculum will explore:

• Technical and policy aspects of security, surveillance and conflict
• Skills applicable to other situations in which policy and technology interact
• Techniques of risk analysis and threat-modeling applicable to a broad set of problems