BUS 696 Risk, Disaster and Business Continuity Management
This course explores the area of business continuity management to ensure an organization’s survival through a disaster. Risk management involves assessing threats which may lead to disastrous events, evaluating control alternatives and implementing solutions. Potential threats include terrorist, criminal, industrial, natural, technological, environmental, economic and political incidents. Practical solutions to enable an organization to protect assets, mitigate risk, manage crisis and recover after a disaster will be discussed. The role of business and external agencies will be explored, as well as professional practices, standards and strategies for risk, security and disaster management. The course is designed to expose the student to all aspects of a holistic business continuity management program and to determine the most appropriate strategy for their organization.
IS 622 Risk Management Decision Technology
This course focuses on the decision technology to support risk management for an organization. Methods to plan for business continuity given the inherent aspect of uncertainty and risk will be a focal issue. Topics include: project risk, risk assessment, business impact analysis, sources of knowledge, data and analytical models, simulation and gaming, forecasting, geographical information systems, feasibility analysis of alternatives, implementation and effectiveness testing. A broad spectrum of threats, vulnerabilities and risks will be addressed and the most practical analytics useful in developing strategies and plans to prevent and mitigate risk will be addressed.
IS 623 Systems Security for Business Resiliency
This course explores several critical areas of information security from a risk, control and security procedures perspective. Topics included are the following: control and security frameworks, cryptography, operating systems security, applications security, database security, network security, web security and physical security.
MNG 622 Cases in Business Crisis Leadership
Designed to promote "learning by doing", this course enables students to design their own responses to a number of actual organizational crises, and then to compare their reactions to those actually employed by the organizations that experienced them. Crisis situations to be considered include product recall, boycott threats, downsizing, allegations of criminal misconduct, sabotage, and key executive departures. Students will be able to work individually or in teams.
MNG 623 Business Crisis Leadership
Organizations' ability to provide products and services are challenged by a variety of potential disruptions; product failures, environmental disasters, key employee separations, crimes against property and employees, terrorism, and competitor's actions, to name but a few. This foundation course is designed for those who must lead organizations' efforts to continue to function effectively in the face of these crises. Key topics addressed in the course include, forecasting and planning for crises, managing crises, and achieving crisis resolution.
FIN 681 Practicum in Business Resiliency for the Financial Industry
This course builds upon the foundations of risk management, business continuity planning, disaster management, crisis management and systems security to develop a comprehensive business resilience program for a firm. It will focus on the financial industry, although the concepts addressed can be applied to any industry. This course will cover the key components of a resiliency plan, survey the regulatory and governmental requirements around the globe, including privacy laws, discuss the human aspects of implementing the plan, and provide guidance in selecting the right tools for the organization to support the plan. Enterprise risk management will be discussed including financial risks such as credit, market, interest rate, and foreign exchange risks. The role of insurance will be covered. This course will identify how the myriad of threats can be addressed by a well structured plan and why just having a plan is no guarantee of survival. Students will have an opportunity to develop and evaluate various business continuity plans.
BUS 622 Seminar in Business Continuity and Risk Management
This seminar will provide a forum for discussion with practitioners in the related areas of business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, risk management, emergency management, and information security. Current practices and procedures will be a focal point and students will have the opportunity to research an area of special interest in depth. Various topics will be explored such as homeland security, public heath systems, cyberterrorism, physical security, and environmental hazards. Students will have the opportunity to learn first hand how organizations are preparing for and have managed actual crises and disasters.
BUS 665 Sector Focus in Business Continuity and Risk Management
This course will focus on a particular sector for an in depth review and analysis of how professionals apply business continuity and risk management in certain private and public arenas. The focus sector will vary and will be chosen from areas such as banking and financial services, healthcare, education, transportation, services, manufacturing, and government.
BUS 670 Special Topics in Business Continuity and Risk Management
Many professions are called upon in the development and implementation of a business continuity and risk management program. This course provides a forum for an in-depth view of particular professional areas such as emergency management, systems security and physical security.
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