Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology

On Campus

Session Date

July 30, 2023 - August 04, 2023

Application Deadline

June 05, 2023

Program Fee

$9,900

Faculty Chair

James Waldo

Program Director

Ariana Diaz

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Program Fee: The program fee includes tuition, housing, curricular materials and most meals
Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Public Policy concentration. This program can also be used as a third program for any concentration in the Executive Certificate series.
Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): This program aligns with one or more Executive Core Qualifications.
Online

Session Date

January 15, 2024 - January 19, 2024

Application Deadline

December 18, 2023

Program Fee

$4,800

Faculty Chair

James Waldo

Program Director

Ariana Diaz

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Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Public Policy concentration. This program can also be used as a third program for any concentration in the Executive Certificate series.
Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): This program aligns with one or more Executive Core Qualifications.

Program Overview

Individuals and institutions are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks, such as network-based intrusions that disrupt productivity, jeopardize privacy and threaten national security. Smart and informed security of critical infrastructure and technology requires constant vigilance against cyber threats.

Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology is an executive program designed to focus on the intersection of policy and technology and how, together, they can address the critical threats of a cyber world. The objective is to bring together technologists and policymakers and provide them with a conceptual framework for the design of both cybersecurity policy and technology.

PROGRAM CURRICULUM

This intensive week-long program is led by a team of Harvard faculty members, policymakers, and leading practitioners in the field of cybersecurity, many of whom advise governments, agencies and industries around the world.

The Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology curriculum explores:

Technical and policy aspects of security, surveillance and conflict
Skills applicable to other situations in which policy and technology interact
Techniques of risk analysis and threat-modeling applicable to a broad set of problem

Lectures and case studies drawn from recent events will bring focus to issues at the intersection of cyber policy and technology. At the same time, group sessions will enable you to engage directly with the issues, solve problems and discuss how insights and cybersecurity measures can be applied in your own country or organization.

Learning Objectives

The Cybersecurity program will give you:

A deeper understanding of the technical basics of cyberspace and the cyber issue
An exploration of the nature of emergent and future cyber threats
The tools to frame and evaluate strategies and policy responses to these threats
Professional skill-building through group work and scenario assessment
A lasting network of cyber strategy and policy professionals on whom you can call for support

Application Information

Recommended Applicants

Cybersecurity is designed for a broad range of policy actors and technology experts from around the world who play strategic decision-making roles in both public and private organizations.

Recommended applicants include:

Technologists developing new applications and frameworks that will need to detect, withstand and counteract intrusion
Executives in city, state, and federal government agencies and the military involved in the oversight of technology and creation of policy
Business executives who need to balance an open environment for innovation with the protection of intellectual property
Private- and public-sector legal experts challenged with codifying the law and understanding its limits
Diplomatic officials and members of international governments working to establish accepted cybersecurity norms and establish treaties

No computer science background is required.

Online vs On-Campus Schedule

Faculty Chair Jim Waldo created the Cybersecurity online program curriculum to fit an interactive virtual format while maintaining the main objectives of the on-campus program: how policy and technology, together, can address critical threats of the cyber world. Both online and on-campus formats will include lectures and breakout group work that address technical and policy aspects of cybersecurity.

The intensive online program provides a more flexible format where you can apply concepts directly to your work while experiencing the rigor of Harvard remotely. The schedule includes 3-4 hours of live sessions each day. Access a sample online program schedule.
The on-campus program is an immersive and intense learning experience on Harvard’s historic Cambridge campus. During the week, you’ll experience lectures firsthand and connect with peers both in and outside of the classroom. The fee includes tuition, housing, curricular materials, and most meals. Access a sample on-campus program schedule.