Course 2024-2025 a.y.

 The first part of the course focuses on:

• Analyzing the emergence of global value chains within the international trade system and the implications for companies’ strategies and society at large
• Exploring the role of national and supranational Institutions and their ability to manage potential crises in the existing global production and financial networks
• Assessing the extent to which different parts of the global economic environment are prone to cyber risks

The second part of the course focuses on:

• Understanding the implications of cyber risk for governments and institutions at the international, national and local levels
• Discussing top-down and bottom-up organizational approaches to developing effective programs and actions to face challenges and increase the value generated by the public sector
• Illustrating the concept of secure cities and the collaborative role of different actors

Università Bocconi conceives education as an ongoing process that stretches across a person’s entire professional life. The University hopes that the entire Bocconi community will respect the values of fairness and correctness associated with it, values which inspire and guide the conduct of all community members as they pursue common objectives and a shared mission. The Università Bocconi Honor Code is published at http://www.unibocconi.eu/honorcode. We encourage all students to read it.

After successful completion of the course, students will be able to assess the vulnerability of the global system to cyber risks and recognize how to tackle them from a public sector perspective in order to define policies and programs, as well as put in place actions required to govern it. More specifically, they should be able to:

• Assess and interpret economic and political trends (also) in light of cyber risk and identify implications and possible governmental actions;
• Think strategically about the implications of cyber risk for the public sector at international and domestic level.

Re-assess evolving interests’ cities have in the digital world.

Analyze trends in the global system connected to the evolution of cyber risk, interpret how they affect government activities, and define policies, programs, and road maps for governing it.

• Lectures
• Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
• Company visits
• Practical Exercises

The learning experience of this course includes, in addition to face-to-face lectures, thought
experiments, case discussions, real examples and interactions with guest speakers from different
organizations.

Due to the teaching mix, heavily based on case discussion and class exercises, attending classes is
extremely important.

Grading methods involve multiple assessment methods, including:
- Group field project with CISCO: 30%
- Case presentation and discussion: 30%
- Final exam: 40%

General written exam: 100%

Attending and non-attending students:
Slides and materials are uploaded to the Bocconi University web learning platform.