Cybersecurity Policy: Privacy and Legal Requirements 'Course provides a comprehensive examination of the laws, regulations, and Executive Orders concerning data protection and privacy, including PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, SOX, FISMA, NIST, FISA, CFAA, and their overseas counterparts, and the roles of federal, state, and local regulators and law enforcement officials. The course also examines data protection and national security issues governed by various Federal agencies (e.g., SEC, FTC, FCC, DOE, DOJ, DHS, NSA, Treasury), including suspicious activity reporting (SAR) requirements under the Patriot Act. Additionally, the course addresses intellectual property protection, security classifications, data location requirements, audits, compliancy assessments, and individual, class-action, and shareholder derivative litigation and liability.Maj. Gen. Kevin B. Kennedy is the Director of Operations, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
BC Law School Adjunct faculty member Katherine Fick, Esq. in her role as Senior Counsel at IBM, provides legal advice to the IBM Security business unit as it makes cybersecurity services and offerings available to external clients
Curriculum Coordinator for the M.S. Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Program at Boston College, former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice and Chief of Staff to the FBI Deputy Director
said Kennedy, who plans, coordinates, integrates, and conducts mission command of full-spectrum Department of Defense Information Networks, defensive, offensive, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations.
Maj. Gen. Kennedy received his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1990. Following graduation, he served in a variety of flying positions including U.S. Air Force Weapons School Instructor, 34th Bomb Squadron Commander, 28th Operations Group Deputy Commander and 28th Bomb Wing Commander at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Additionally, he served as the Vice Commander for the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia. His staff experience includes service on the U.S. Air Force headquarters staff, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Maj. Gen. Kennedy is a command pilot with more than 3,400 flying hours in the B-1 and T-38, including combat over Afghanistan.
Major General Kevin B. Kennedy, director of operations, U.S. Cyber Command