Cybersecurity and risk
Security seeks to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. Risk analysis connects threats, vulnerabilities, consequences and protective measures.
Cybersecurity fundamentalsUnderstanding technology to understand its risks.
Technical foundations
Systems, networks and information
A digital service brings together devices, applications, networks, data and people. Each component has a role and depends on others for the service to work.
Understanding how information flows, who can access it and how these elements interact provides the basis for examining security, risk and legal implications.
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Fields of study
Security, law and evidence
Digital systems raise questions about risk, legal duties and the records needed to reconstruct what happened.
Technology law
Law establishes rights, duties and responsibilities in the use of systems and data. Applying those rules requires understanding who is involved, what information is processed and for what purpose.
Foundations of technology law
Digital forensics and evidence
Digital records help investigate incidents and explain decisions. Their value depends on how they are obtained, preserved, verified for integrity and interpreted in context.
Digital forensics and chain of custody