Shape field (scope)

The scheme of special services and analysis of the economics of cyber security TÜV HELLAS, involves a specialised economics officer who provides cybersecurity risk management services and selection of optimal investments in security measures to address cybersecurity risks. The analysis of the economics of cybersecurity is an evolution of traditional cybersecurity risk management. While traditionally this management was performed using qualitative criteria, based primarily on subjective assessment, cybersecurity economics applies statistical models to quantify each risk and document the cost of investing in countermeasures.The ability to quantify cybersecurity risk management is essential in a cybersecurity management department and broader organizational units of enterprise risk management.

Cognitive framework (syllabus)

• Introduction to key concepts and digital risks
• Institutional Framework & Digital Security
• Measuring cyber security
• Economics of information security investment
• Presentation of economic/mathematical models for costing, quantification, estimation and valuation issues in information security
• Digital Security and economic models and methods

 

Examination methodology

Theoretical examination

 

Certification requirements

Minimum Compulsory education and technical training