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Cybersecurity Law I

B587 is taught by F. Cate

Cybersecurity law and policy is one of the most rapidly changing and important fields of law today. It responds to the need in our increasingly data-dependent society to secure information and information systems from unauthorized access, destruction, alteration, and misuse. The field has grown so much that we cover it in two courses, Cybersecurity Law I and II. The courses don t have to be taken in sequence and no technical knowledge or prior experience is required prior for either course. Cybersecurity Law I will provide an introduction to digital technologies and networks and the most pressing threats to data and systems. It will survey major domestic legal and practical tools for enhancing cyber resilience, and the policy issues they raise, in the context of individuals, corporations, not for profit organizations, and civilian government agencies.