Sections

The UCLA and GCI Extension offer specialized classes tailored to the unique needs of professionals from various industries. These classes, also referred to as Sections, integrate cohorts to leverage unique industry perspectives. Each section offers students the opportunity to enjoy mentoring from faculty comprised of prominent cybersecurity experts, lawyers, judges, insurance executives, intelligence and law enforcement many of whom advise global companies, governments, agencies, and regulatory bodies around the world on cybersecurity and technology.


Our goal is to transform education through teaching participants hands-on how to solve cybersecurity problems, to engage our students in the fundamentals of the cyber world, and to empower them in their respective industries to make positive and informed decisions when faced with cybersecurity issues. How we educate our students online, on campus, and around the world, will shape the new digital era in understanding the world of cyber. GCI’s breadth of interdisciplinary exploration and involvement is applicable to a wide variety of fields, maximizing the impact.

Learn more about the various sections that one can participate in for each class.

UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Lawyers

The UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Lawyers focuses on providing lawyers with the necessary insight and tools to shape cyber corporate strategy for their respective firms. Participants emerge as legal experts in cyber law, essential for the security and accountability for every type of legal practice.

The program provides lawyers with the fundamental concepts of cyber security and its application to governance, risk management, insurance, and incident response. Insight into concepts, practices, legal requirements, and case studies is presented from the viewpoint of a lawyer and drawn from examples of cybersecurity designs, plans, incident responses, insurance policies and procedures that were effective and ineffective in countering potential threats and actual attacks. Led by UCLA Extension and GCI’s world class legal scholars and cyber security experts composed of Fortune 500 CISO’s, insurance executives, cyber innovators, practicing and former senior government officials, risk executives, and peers. This is not a technical curriculum.

Instructors bring real-world experience in leading programs for large/complex organizations in the public and private sectors. In this certification, lawyers will learn how to explain to all levels of management, including both technical and non-technical executive leadership, why cyber security must be a priority. Participants will learn how to educate and influence senior management so that security and risk mitigation becomes a primary component of corporate strategy.

The course involves attending an intensive two day in-person class that allows those with limited time to engage, learn, and network with peers and leading industry leaders and academics. The content and structure of the series allows lawyers who do not have a background in cyber security to be successful, while offering new areas of knowledge and applied practice for lawyers who have prior cyber security experience. The course is eligible for CLE credits, including ethics.

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UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Judges, Arbitrators, and Mediators

UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Judges, Arbitrators, and Mediators empowers arbitrators and mediators with knowledge and tools to be effective in resolving complex cyber driven disputes and understand how to better secure their environments.

UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Judges, Arbitrators, and Mediators provides education and training on  how to secure information, how to prevent and handle a cyber security breach, and how to mediate and arbitrate complex cyber disputes.  The class addresses both procedural and substantive considerations in resolving complex cyber disputes,  including the admissibility of hacked evidence, questions of attribution of conduct, and practical, actionable measures to improve the cybersecurity of arbitration-related information.

The program also examines issues relating to international arbitration and  how to address the rapidly changing cybersecurity and  data privacy laws that obligate parties to reasonably secure information. The class also will examine the ethical obligations both around the confidentiality of information and the actions taken when a cybersecurity breach occurs specific to arbitrators and mediators.

Mediators and arbitrators will leave the course with not only a broad cybersecurity knowledge but an expertise on the unique issues facing arbitration and an awareness of the technologies available to secure information. The course is eligible for CPE, CE, and CLE credits, including ethics.

The curriculum was built for arbitrators and mediators from the ground up with a focus on cyber security literacy, law and policy, securing your practice, and risk management.  The class is rigorous and requires preparation before attending. The lessons all draw from real-world experience of the distinguished faculty.

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UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for CISOs

UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for CISOs is the first-of-its-kind program and certification process. It provides relevant technical experience and exposure to emerging technologies, instruction and insight around policies, programs, and protocols needed to implement effective cybersecurity programs. Additionally, it provides valuable insight into the legal, social, and political dynamics at play within the cyber universe from a world-class faculty.

This program does not focus solely on technical knowledge but on the application of information security management principles from an executive management point of view to the real world.  Through this program CISOs  will build knowledge of the tools, techniques, laws,  and protocols needed to navigate, use, and manage security technologies as well as gain insight into the legal, social, and political dynamics of the cyber universe.

The program was developed by sitting CISOs for current and aspiring CISOs and for senior cyber security executives.

Senior Executives who understand cybersecurity and the technicalities of its mitigation, risk assessment, and policy have a competitive advantage. This course thus provides participants with opportunities to see and experience emerging cybersecurity technologies so they are aptly equipped to meet executive competitors.

The class is rigorous and requires preparation before attending.  Our program is built by a curriculum committee that includes world-class CISO, military, civilian, and academic board members and operators, designed to align CISOs for success by providing a customized curriculum that gives its students the tools and knowledge for career enhancement. Experience as a CISO is required to apply.

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UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Insurance Executives

The UCLA and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Insurance Executives is the first of its kind training and certification program aimed at educating insurance professionals about fundamental IT perils, cyber coverage and risk management. Participants who complete this course gain technical knowledge to effectively respond to cyber risk exposures from an enterprise risk management perspective. Students also will be in a better position to make better underwriting, claims and pricing decisions by accurately analyzing cyber risk coverage for various insurance policies.

The reality is that today cyber threats, data breach and data loss have permeated every industry segment, with large and small businesses vulnerable to hack attacks and crimes, malicious viruses and network security risks. This emerging threat makes headlines each and every day with companies and organizations looking to beef up their cyber security to mitigate risks. Executives who understand cybersecurity in the context of insurance thus have a competitive advantage.

This program provides its participants with the opportunity to see and directly experience emerging cybersecurity technologies, ensuring students are informed on the most recent discoveries in the field. The curriculum was built for insurance executives from the ground up with a focus on cyber security literacy, law and policy, and risk management.  The class is rigorous and requires preparation before attending.

This program is designed to meet the diverse and robust needs across the various disciplines in insurance.

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UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Business Executives

The UCLA Extension and GCI Cyber Certificate Program for Business Executives addresses cyber security risk management best practices by analyzing critical threats to the cyber world, studying the intersection of law, business, policy, and technology, and providing immersive learning experiences.  New regulations such as those promulgated by the SEC, CFTC, OCC, FTC, HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR), and NYS Department of Financial Services to name just a few  place added cyber security accountability on senior executives, cyber or otherwise.

This program is built for senior executives with little to no cyber background and is taught by a world-class faculty composed of Fortune 500 CISO’s, hackers, insurance executives, cyber innovators, lawyers, government heads, and risk executives. The program does not accept everyone and applicants are screened to ensure that you are learning from your peers and not vendors.

Although cybersecurity has been a subject of interest for companies since the late 1990’s, increasingly it is an important part of nearly every aspect of business decision-making from due diligence in mergers and acquisitions to supply chain security and enterprise risk management. Senior Executives who understand cybersecurity and the technicalities of its mitigation, risk assessment, and policy have a competitive advantage. This course thus provides participants with opportunities to see and experience emerging cybersecurity technologies so they are aptly equipped to meet executive competitors.

The curriculum was built for senior executives from the ground up with a focus on cyber security literacy, law and policy, and risk management.  The class is rigorous and requires preparation before attending. The lessons all draw from real-world experience of the distinguished faculty.

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