Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

• Assess conceptualization efforts of cybersecurity and cybercrime
• Recognize the fundamental pillars of information security
• Explain and illustrate the differences between traditional criminality and cybercrime
• Hypothesize novel legal solutions in the domain of cybersecurity

Course contents

1. Cyberspace and information security
   1. Introduction
   2. Definition
   3. Fundamental pillars of information security
   4. Cybersecurity policies
2. European legal and operational framework of Cybersecurity
   1. Cybersecurity Act
   2. NIS Directive
   3. European Union Agency for Cybersecurity
3. Cybercrime
   1. Introduction
   2. Definition
   3. Classification
   4. Characteristics
4. Crime and cyberspace
   1. Hacking
   2. Malware
   3. Impairment of data
   4. Illegal interception
   5. Intellectual property crime
   6. Cybertheft
   7. Cyberfraud
   8. Hate speech online
   9. Child pornography
   10. Online grooming
   11. Cyberstalking
   12. Fake news and deepfakes