Postgraduate in Cybersecurity & Business Resilience

ISAG - European Business School promotes the 1st edition of the postgraduate course in Cybersecurity & Business Resilience with the aim of providing solid and multidisciplinary training in the areas of Cybersecurity and business resilience, transmitting the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for the development of strategies in cybersecurity, as well as promoting good practices in essential operations to increase cyber resilience in companies, in terms of governance, risk, compliance and business continuity.

With a highly specialized team of teachers and consultants, updated syllabus, adequate teaching and learning methodologies and an extremely active and practical operating dynamic, this program is innovative and geared towards a real need in any area of the business fabric.

• Professionals who develop Direction, Management or Consultancy activities in information systems and technologies;
• Executives interested in the areas of Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Business Continuity, to increase the (cyber) resilience of organizations;
• Recent graduates who wish to acquire knowledge in Information Security to expand their skills and enter the job market in the areas of security, auditing, risk, pentesting, business continuity and cyber intelligence (automation and robotization).

Stage Five - The final project

• Seminars/Final Project

Stage Four - Cybersecurity Automation

• Cybersecurity Robotic Automation
• InfoSec Process Automation

Stage One - Governance and Compliance

• Digital Forensic Analysis
• Cybersecurity Audit and Compliance
• Privacy and Protection of Personal Data
• Privacy and Personal Data Protection - Practical Cases
• Information Security Management Systems

Stage Three - Cyber Risk and Business Resilience

• Business Continuity Plans
• Business Continuity Strategies
• Business Impact Analysis
• Security Incident Management
• Cyber Risk Management

Stage Two - Cybersecurity Management Operations

• Social engineering
• System Hardening and Monitoring
• Offensive Security Lab
• Network Security and Encryption

Course Operation

• Duration (contact hours): 180 hours (30 ECTS);
• Final application date: October 10, 2022;
• Start of Course: October 2022;
• Schedule: Classes take place preferably: Friday (19:00 to 22:00) and Saturday (from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00). Courses will be interrupted during Christmas, Carnival, Easter and August;
• Minimum number of participants: 8 students

Course Evaluation

The evaluation in the course will be optional. However, participants who intend to obtain the Postgraduate Diploma in Cybersecurity and Business Resilience will have to submit to the evaluation and be successful in all curricular units, including, among other evaluation modalities, the realization of practical cases carried out during the course. .

Certification Conditions

1. Attendance and approval of this non-academic postgraduate degree will be certified through:
   • A certificate of attendance, for those who attended a course with evaluation, but without having successfully completed all the planned evaluation;
   • A course diploma, for those who attended the course and successfully completed all the planned assessment.
   • Students who complete only a few curricular units of this course will be awarded a certificate of attendance, which will mention the curricular units that they successfully completed.
   • In any case, the attribution of attendance certificates and course diplomas depends on attending at least 75% of the expected contact hours.

Goals

Taking into account the recipients of this postgraduate degree, the following objectives are pursued:

• Provide participants with specialized knowledge of GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) in the sphere of cybersecurity;
• Develop strategies for effective management in response to disruptive risks, ensuring good practices in business continuity;
• Implement information security management systems aligned with business goals and objectives;
• Mobilize practices to acquire skills in internal auditing, pentesting and compliance auditing;
• Experience automation and robotization tools in suitable scenarios to enhance good practices in cybersecurity and assess the level of operational resilience in institutions.