Education and Certifications for Cyber Law

Hello everyone is there any course/program for Cyber/Information Security Law and where we can take it? Which certifications can lead you to that domain? Which books do you recommend? Which technologies/skills must a person have for that ?

Thank you!

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the_hutch

CEH used to cover general cyber laws until version 7 did away with it. I doubt you are going to find a very thorough program that gets into the specifics of InfoSec law, as it will vary from country to country, state to state, etc...

the_hutch

I've seen some universities that have LL.M. programs in Cyber law, but most of them will require you to have your JD before you can enroll in the program.

paul78

halaakajan wrote: »

Which certifications can lead you to that domain?

In Canada, you may want to check-out CIPP/C - there's another active thread on the topic here - http://www.techexams.net/forums/security-certifications/65716-iapp-cipp-certifications.html

Info on that certification here - https://www.privacyassociation.org/certification/cipp_certification_programs/cipp_c

The CIPP is focused primarily on the aspect of cyber law as it related to privacy matters. There other areas as well such as intellectual property. I'm most familiar with the privacy side.

Unless you are a lawyer already, to get into a role that deals privacy, typically it's skills related to anywhere from incident handling, forensics, legal negotiations. Having a CISSP helps in terms of the associated knowledge that goes with that certification.

GoodBishop

Agreed, the CIPP and CISSP would be your best bets from a certification standpoint.

qwertyiop

I dont know about an actual certification but one of my former Professors used to teach a Cyber Law and Cyber Crime course that was very informative

AlexNguyen

Don't bother to get the CIPP cert, a quick search on jobboom.com (Canada) returns no match.
As other said, check the universities for course on cybercrime of degree in forensic. I've just followed a course on cybercrime as part of a certificate in cyberfraud certificate. In the course, the teacher talked about the Canadian Criminal Code, intelligence property, Provincial Police law, how to conduct an investigation, etc.

halaakajan

Thanks for the feedback guys!

AlexNguyen: I am from Canada too, Edmonton to be exact. Ill check If University of Alberta offers such program.

AlexNguyen

I know that Simon Fraser University in Vancouver offers such program: Police Studies

ChooseLife

halaakajan wrote: »

Ill check If University of Alberta offers such program.

You may be aware, but Concordia University College of Alberta has an InfoSec Master's program:
Welcome | Master of Information Systems Security Management | Concordia University College of Alberta | Concordia University College of Alberta