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Cybersecurity in Organizational Practice
To register, please apply for this seminar through the central seminar assignment system.
Content
In this seminar, we will learn how cybersecurity is practically implemented in organizations (enterprises, public agencies, NGOs, etc.) and discuss why academic cybersecurity concepts are often not followed in practice. We will read and discuss papers on cybersecurity in organizations, frequently utilizing human-centered research methods such as interviews, surveys, focus groups, and case studies.
We will read various recent scientific publications on cybersecurity in organizational practice and foundational papers, some of which have been around for over two decades. We will discuss those papers in the seminar based on presentations by student teams. In team assignments, there will be tasks in which the viewpoint of specific organizational stakeholders (e.g., the CEO) has to be taken, and their position towards a cybersecurity strategy must be defended against other stakeholders. Throughout the seminar, we will reflect upon our own (current and future) experience with cybersecurity in organizational practice. We will learn to negotiate cybersecurity strategies with other stakeholders in our future professions.
Time & Location
The seminar will take place every Monday from 10:15 to 11:45.
As this seminar requires regular attendance, you can only sign up if available on ALL seminar dates.
The kick-off session will take place on April 14th at 10:15 in Room 0.07.
Location: Building E9 1, CISPA C0, Stuhlsatzenhaus 5, 66123 Saarbruecken.
Tasks & Grading
- Grading will be based on weekly (group) presentations, discussion participation, and two short hand-ins at the beginning and end of the seminar.
- Regular attendance is required to pass the seminar. Students may miss up to two sessions, for which they must be excused. In those cases, the students must present their results in the following session.
Registration & Prerequisites
All students must register using the central seminar assignment system. There are no formal prerequisites for this course. However, to succeed in this seminar, you should consider the following:
- You should be interested in perfecting your presentation skills. Throughout the seminar, you will give multiple (smaller) presentations, and we expect you to progress in your skills over time.
- You should be interested in learning to read and understand a variety of research papers, their methods, and their limitations, and you should be willing to discuss this.
- You should be interested in questioning your position and approach to cybersecurity and able to consider the perspectives of various organizational stakeholders.
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You must be interested in interdisciplinary perspectives on cybersecurity, expanding the mathematical and engineering approach to a more human-centered perspective.
Seminar Schedule (Tentative)
| Week | Date | Time | Room | Content | Assignments/ Tasks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 07.04.2025 | - | - | No Seminar | - |
| 16 | 14.04.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | 0.07 | Kick-Off Session | Write 1-2 pages about your experience with cybersecurity from your students' or employees' perspective, and read the paper "So Long, And No Thanks for the Externalities: The Rational Rejection of Security Advice by Users." Due in week 18. |
| 17 | 21.04.2025 | - | Public Holiday | - | |
| 18 | 28.04.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | 0.07 | Tutorial: How to Find and Read Scientific Papers? | TBA |
| 19 | 05.05.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Organizational Security Research Methods | TBA |
| 20 | 12.05.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Regulations, Norms, and Frameworks | TBA |
| 21 | 19.05.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Various Roles in Organizational Security | TBA |
| 22 | 26.05.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Human-Centered Security I | TBA |
| 23 | 02.06.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Human-Centered Security II | TBA |
| 24 | 09.06.2025 | - | - | Public Holiday | - |
| 25 | 16.06.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Economics of Information Security I | TBA |
| 26 | 23.06.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Economics of Information Security II | TBA |
| 27 | 30.06.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Organizational (Security) Leadership, Change Management, Communication | TBA |
| 28 | 07.07.2025 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Secure Software Development in Organizations | TBA |
| 29 | 14.07.2024 | 10:15-11:45 | TBA | Lessons Learned | TBA |