Cybersecurity Governance (MSc)

In the track Cybersecurity Governance, you will be familiarized with the breadth, depth and complexity of cybersecurity challenges. This track seeks to provide you state-of-the art with knowledge of governance and regulatory strategies available to address these challenges.

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Crisis and Security Management (MSc)

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Nana Salim

Student Cybersecurity Governance

In an increasingly interconnected world, the Cybersecurity Governance specialization provides an excellent insight into the complexity of cyberspace. It is a unique Master’s programme because it does not just focus on the technical aspects. Rather, the fields of governance and policy-making, law and regulation, politics and international relations, and economics and psychology are the focal point. To me, the Cybersecurity Governance track is most interesting because of its relevance in current-day society, and opportunities for future employment in three labour markets: the academic, public, and private sector.

What does this master's programme entail?

In a world that increasingly relies on networked digital technologies, cybersecurity has become a pressing concern. In recent times, academics, governments and organisations have come to realize that cybersecurity is not only a technical issue, but also involves questions of governance and policy making, law and regulations, politics and international relations, and economics and psychology. In the track Cybersecurity Governance, you will be familiarized with the breadth, depth and complexity of cybersecurity challenges. This track seeks to provide you state-of-the art with knowledge of governance and regulatory strategies available to address these challenges. This is the only dedicated programme in the Netherlands that focuses on the governance and regulatory dimensions of this field.

In this track you will

Be familiarized with the breadth, depth and complexity of cybersecurity challenges;
Study and discuss novel challenges such as fake news and disinformation and their fundamental implications for our understanding of truth and the rule of law in democratic societies;
Be provided with knowledge of the state-of-the art of governance and regulatory strategies available to address these challenges;
Follow one course on the technical foundations of cyberspace.

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