MLSC 6350 Cybersecurity: Incident Planning, Response & Business Continuity

In this course you will learn and develop the skills to: 1) draft an effective, proactive incident response plan, focusing on mitigation, recovery, risk management, communications, and liability, coordination with law enforcement and other government agencies, and protecting corporate brand reputation; 2) oversee and conduct a " table-top" cyber attack incident response training exercise; and 3) manage a cybersecurity incident response program. This course also provides an understanding of how to design and develop a cybersecurity program to align with private industry and government best practices and regulatory requirements (e.g., NIST, ISO, COBIT, CIS, SEC, FTC). Topics covered in the course include identifying cyber security incident response capabilities and incident handling, including the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI); creating cyber security incident response policies, plans, and procedures and; building a cyber security incident response team (CSIRT) and the roles and responsibilities of the CSIRT's members; implementing effective threat handling procedures; learning from incident response postmortems and implementing improvements within the organization; aligning the cybersecurity incident response plan to the overall business continuity plan; and presenting to senior management and the Board of Directors.

Course overview

Department
Law
School
LAW
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Annually

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.50 / 5 · Excellent
8 responses
Instructor rating
5.00 / 5 · Excellent
8 responses
Terms evaluated
1
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Thomas Shola4.55.05.05.04.84.94.94.84–6 hrs/week8 of 11

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

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