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HACS
ACES-Cybersecurity
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03/28/2025 at 10:30 PM
HACS208A
Accounting and Economic Aspects of Cybersecurity
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
GenEd: DSHS, SCIS
Restriction: Must be a student in the ACES (Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students) Living-Learning Program.
In today's interconnected digital world, cybersecurity has become one of the most important issues confronting organizations in both the private and public sectors of an economy. Indeed, cybersecurity is a national and economic security priority in countries throughout the world. This is an interdisciplinary Honors Seminar offered as part of UMD's ACES program. The primary objective of this course is to discuss the relationships among accounting, economics and cybersecurity, with a focus on the important roles of accounting and economics in understanding the issues related to cybersecurity. A basic framework for assessing the interactions among accounting, economics, and cybersecurity will be developed and discussed. A secondary objective of the course is to assist ACES students in developing their ability to conduct original and applied research on topics related to "accounting and economic aspects of cybersecurity."
Restrictions: Must be a student in the ACES (Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students) Living-Learning Program.

This course focuses on the relationships among accounting, economics and cybersecurity. Topics include: the cost-benefit aspects of managing cybersecurity resources, determining the costs of cybersecurity bre aches on corporations, deriving the optimal amount a firm should invest in cybersecurity activities.