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Virginia Tech

BIT-5124: Cyberlaw and Policy for Information Technology

Description: Key legal, ethical, and policy cyber governance and cyber security topics for managers and information security officers. Legal rights, remedies, and limitations related to cybercrime, computer intrusion, national security, and data breaches. Privacy laws and standards, impact assessments, privacy and security by design as policy and legal requirements. Comparison of international approaches to relevant laws and policies. Fundamentals of managing legal and policy aspects of information technology and security. Pre: Graduate standing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.67 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 56.25%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Elise R Elam202487.6%10.8%0.7%0.0%0.8%0.0%3.813
Janine S Hiller202162.4%32.3%3.9%0.0%1.3%0.0%3.533

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W