Dec 03, 2024  
2016 Graduate Catalog 1.2 (SUMMER - FALL) 
    
2016 Graduate Catalog 1.2 (SUMMER - FALL) [ARCHIVED CATALOG - Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Organizational Risk Assessment and Management Advanced Certificate


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The Organizational Risk Assessment and Management certificate provides students with the foundational concepts to conduct risk assessments across a variety of organizations and enterprises.  Students will learn how to assess and manage risk in today’s modern, complex, information-intensive organization in the context of how to deal with fraud, financial, white collar and cyber-related criminal activity in a secure and cost effective manner. The program will educate students on the practice of risk assessment and management and will teach real-world, hands-on skills using state-of-the-art tools and techniques. Students will be exposed to data-driven decision-making and tools for performing cost-benefit analyses related to organizational risk assessment and management. Legal, social, ethical and cultural considerations will be examined throughout the program. 

The field of risk assessment and management is becoming ever more important in its application to the field of cybersecurity. The proposed certificate program addresses the growing national and international need for qualified individuals to work in this discipline. Cybersecurity is a significant monetary investment for modern organizations. The Organizational Risk Assessment and Management certificate provides students with the foundational concepts needed to conduct risk assessments and to effectively manage ever changing cyber risk.  Students will learn how to conduct risk assessments in complex, information-intensive organizations as they deal with cyber-related criminal activities. The program will educate students on the theory of risk assessment and management and will teach students how to apply state-of-the-art tools and techniques while factoring in costs and other relevant factors.

Students who complete the certificate courses will be able to:

  • Understand and assess the criminal liability of modern organizations and enterprises related to fraud, financial and white collar crime
  • Understand and assess the difference between management and leadership in a modern organization
  • Understand, assess and apply legal and ethical concepts to the cybercrime domain
  • Apply risk assessment and management tools and techniques to modern organizations and enterprises
  • Understand risk assessment concepts and tradeoffs including threats, vulnerabilities, countermeasures and cost/benefit
  • Understand and apply accounting and finance concepts related to the interpretation and application of financial data to decision making.

 

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