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Cybersecurity Law Crisis Challenges: Protecting Critical Infrastructure, Risk Management, and Incident Response (6898) — 1, 2 or 3 credits

June 27, 2025

This course explores the law and best practices for cybersecurity risk management and incident response, with particular reference to critical infrastructure systems such as the electric grid. A series of tabletop exercises will give students hands-on training in counseling board members and organizational senior leadership and working with technical and administrative managers, law enforcement, and regulators. This course will also address the increasing role of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity. Students who have enrolled in Law 6892 Selected Topics in Cybersecurity Law: Protecting Critical Infrastructure: Meeting Cybersecurity and National Security Threats or Law 6892, Selected Topics in Cybersecurity Law: Risk Management and Incident Response: Legal Approaches may not take this course. Prerequisites or concurrent registration: Law 6879 and 6884 or 6890. (Examination and class participation or writing assignments and class participation)