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Postgraduate course in

Cybersecurity Planning and Management

It is estimated that by 2025, 825,000 professionals with expertise in cybersecurity will be needed. Prepare for the future at UPC!

Start
27/03/2023
Duration
6 months
Delivery
Face-to-face
Fee
€4,600

Presentation
Training Content
Learning methodology
Associates entities
Career opportunities
Testimonials & news
Request information or admission

This postgraduate course is also part of the training track for the master's degree in Cybersecurity Management.

Presentation

Edition

10th Edition

Credits

27 ECTS (162 teaching hours)

Delivery

Face-to-face

Language of instruction

Spanish

Fee

€4,600

Payment of enrolment fee options

The enrolment fee can be paid:
- In a single payment to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
- In two instalments:

60% of the amount payable, to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
Remaining 40% to be paid up to 60 days at the latest after the starting date of the programme.

Notes 0,7% campaign

Registration open until the beginning of the course or until end of vacancies.

Start date

Classes start: 27/03/2023
Classes end: 05/10/2023
Programme ends : 10/11/2023

Timetable

Monday: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Tuesday: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Thursday: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Taught at

Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona (FIB)
C/ Jordi Girona, 1-3
Barcelona

Why this postgraduate course?

The identification, auditing and appropriate management of assets enables entities to minimize the risks related to possible cyberattacks.

A Burning Glass study concludes that the demand for information security professionals has increased 3.5 times faster than other IT professions, and 12 times faster than other professions.

Students who complete the postgraduate course in Cybersecurity Planning and Management will be able to plan, implement and manage of a company's security processes, in order to minimize risks and establish contingency policies in case of incidents.

The postgraduate course has an outstanding teaching team, with an excellent combination of practical professional experience and innovation, in the field of technology security from a technical perspective, as well as in the legal and policing field. We will also have contributions from internationally renowned speakers, who will tell us about their vision of the sector in the present and the future.

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Aims

Identify an institution's critical assets and determine the measures required to protect them.
Manage an institution's digital security, establishing the appropriate methodologies, designing an architecture based on its needs as a business, and minimizing the risks to which the different assets may be exposed.
Use the tools and protocols necessary to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data.
Identify the cybersecurity compliance needs of the organization and deploy the programs and plans to implement the management systems that provide the guarantees required by the market, and also by the administration.

Who is it for?

Computer or Telecommunications Engineering Graduates.
Engineers and scientific-technical graduates interested in obtaining an internationally recognized qualification demonstrating their knowledge of computer security and their ability to protect their installations from cyberattacks.
Computer systems administrators.
Members of the national security forces and bodies.
Consultants for computer security companies.
Consultants in security incident response teams.
Critical infrastructure technicians.
IT directors and managers.
Lawyers and criminologists wishing to specialise in computer crimes.
Professionals from related disciplines who require in-depth knowledge or specialization in cybersecurity to carry out their work activities.

Training Content

List of subjects

2 ECTS 15h

Blockchain and Authentication

Symmetric or secret key cryptography I.
Asymmetric or public-key cryptography. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Security protocols.
Blockchain Distributed Ledger Technology.
Trust and digital identity services.
Federated identities.

1 ECTS 9h

Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC)

SSDLC methodology.
Security principles and design requirements.
Definition and planning of the test program (link with attack methods).
Automation of integration tests and the transition to CI/CD production.

3 ECTS 27h

Compliance

Compliance framework I and II.
Security policy and standards.
Management systems.
Privacy and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) I and II.
National Security Framework.

2 ECTS 12h

Security Governance

Cybersecurity governance frameworks and models.
Strategic management of cybersecurity.
Optimisation of resources, obtaining benefits and reporting.
Cloud computing governance model.

3 ECTS 21h

Risk Analysis and Cyber Resilience

Cyber resilience.
Information security and privacy standards.
Analysis and management of risks and their methodologies.
Organisation of information security.
Security aspects of business continuity.
Cybercrime.

3 ECTS 18h

Design, Development and Implementation

Security architecture.
Control design (physical and logical).
Role management.
Network architecture.
Cloud controls and exposed services.
SAP architectures.

4 ECTS 30h

Information Systems Audit

Information systems audit process.
IT governance and management.
Acquisition, development and implementation of information systems.
Information systems operations and business resilience.
Protection of information assets.

2 ECTS 12h

Cybercrisis Management

Fundamentals of crisis management and complex crisis management systems and tools.
Cyber crisis management in public administration.
Cybercrisis management in the company.

1 ECTS 6h

Cybersecurity Trends II

Cybersecurity conferences.

6 ECTS 12h

Proyecto Final de Postgrado

Final project tutored by a project's director expert in the field.

Degree

Postgraduate diploma issued by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Issued under art. 34.1 of Organic Law 4/2007 of 12 April, amending Organic Law 6/2001 of 21 December, concerning Universities. To obtain it, it is necessary to have an official university qualification. Otherwise, the student will receive a certificate of completion of the programme issued by the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya. The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya's lifelong training courses are approved annually by the University's Governing Council. (See details appearing on the certificate).

Range of modules

This postgraduate course is part of the training track for the master's degree in Cybersecurity Management .
The master's degree programme is organized into the following modules. If you don't wish to take the entire master's degree you can sign on one or several modules.

Master's degree:

financial aid

October of 2023

Cybersecurity Management

Face-to-face. Barcelona

Postgraduate courses:

Learning methodology

The teaching methodology of the programme facilitates the student's learning and the achievement of the necessary competences.

Learning tools

Participatory lectures

A presentation of the conceptual foundations of the content to be taught, promoting interaction with the students to guide them in their learning of the different contents and the development of the established competences.

Practical classroom sessions

Knowledge is applied to a real or hypothetical environment, where specific aspects are identified and worked on to facilitate understanding, with the support from teaching staff.

Solving exercises

Solutions are worked on by practising routines, applying formulas and algorithms, and procedures are followed for transforming the available information and interpreting the results.

Case studies

Real or hypothetical situations are presented in which the students, in a completely participatory and practical way, examine the situation, consider the various hypotheses and share their own conclusions.

Success stories

Outstanding business knowledge and experiences with high added value acquired during an outstanding professional career are presented and shared.

Tutorship

Students are given technical support in the preparation of the final project, according to their specialisation and the subject matter of the project.

Assessment criteria

Attendance

At least 80% attendance of teaching hours is required.

Level of participation

The student's active contribution to the various activities offered by the teaching team is assessed.

Solving exercises, questionnaires or exams

Individual tests aimed at assessing the degree of learning and the acquisition of competences.

Work out projects

Studies on a specific topic, by individuals or groups, in which the quality and depth of the work is assessed, among other factors.

Completion and presentation of the final project

Individual or group projects in which the contents taught in the programme are applied. The project can be based on real cases and include the identification of a problem, the design of the solution, its implementation or a business plan. The project will be presented and defended in public.

Work placements & employment service

Students can access job offers in their field of specialisation on the My_Tech_Space virtual campus. Applications made from this site will be treated confidentially. Hundreds of offers of the UPC School of Professional & Executive Development employment service appear annually. The offers range from formal contracts to work placement agreements.

Virtual campus

The students on this postgraduate course will have access to the My_ Tech_Space virtual campus - an effective platform for work and communication between the course's students, lecturers, directors and coordinators. My_Tech_Space provides the documentation for each training session before it starts, and enables students to work as a team, consult lecturers, check notes, etc.

Associates entities

Collaborating partners

Career opportunities

Security manager of an IT services department.
Cybersecurity manager of critical infrastructures and IT service providers.
Compliance manager.
Manager of consultancy services and cybersecurity auditing in a specialized company.
Expert in cybercrimes (lawyers and criminologists).

Testimonials & news

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Postgraduate course in Cybersecurity Planning and Management