CYBER 342WCyber Incident Handling and Response

3 credits · Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations · Penn State

Cyber Incident Handling and Response is an intermediate course appropriate for students who are majoring in Cybersecurity. This course provides the student with the background, experience and perspective that is required to document organizational preparation for cyber incidents, document cyber incident impact and resolution, document response strategies, as well as integrate business continuity planning into the organization. This is a writing intensive course, which requires each student to individually document cyber security incidents and communicate the impact of those incidents to the organization. Peer writing evaluation will help students to consider how effective their written communication skills are. Team writing assignments will provide students will the real-world experience of writing portions of organizational documents such as preparedness documentation, documenting the organization of computer incident response teams, documenting organizational disaster recovery plans, and documenting post-incident recovery plans. Students will receive peer feedback on their writing assignments, as well as direct feedback from the instructor with a goal of improving writing skills and conforming their writing styles to the expectations of organizations and industry.