Credits: 0 EC during the test phase 1 EC once operational
Delivery: This course takes place off-site on three full days.
Motivation: A cyber security professional must be able to communicate with other professionals in their language. This means that a cyber security professional must have excellent transferrable skills, including presentation, writing, interview, feedback, and reflection skills.
Synopsis: A recent graduate will mentor a group of students during a full academic year. The mentor invites his/her mentees to his office. The mentor and students (re)train one or more transferrable skills during the session.
Aim: To give students a good understanding of the transferable skills of Cyber Security.
Learning outcomes: The student will acquire:
- A good understanding of transferable skills applied to Cyber Security in the real world.
- Experience in applying transferable skills.
Language: The course is taught in English.
Lecturers: Prof dr Pieter Hartel (UT+TUD) and alumni as mentors.
Examination: After each training day, students must reflect on what they have learned and ask the mentor to sign it off.
Contents: Intervision, reflection, interview, feedback, handling different stakeholders, technology in organisations, governance of cyber security in organisations.
Sample problems:
- How to conduct an interview?
- How to present to act as an expert witness?
- How to give and receive feedback?
Core text: None.