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Digital Transformation: Integrating Cloud and Business
Last Updated: 2026-06-03 00:07:53
Abstract
Digitalization changes our life and how companies do business. As a consequence, the role of IT and Cybersecurity changes, and these changes create new and unknown disruptive challenges for organizations. Based on practical experience we will look into some of these areas like Cybersecurity, governance, organization etc. always with a risk management focus.
Objective
The course will help you understand..: 1. How digital transformation affects businesses (insights across industries), processes and organizations 2. That this is not only a technology but a human change as well 3. How today’s governance and organization need to be adopted to these trends 4. How current Cybersecurity approaches look like integrating the cloud
Content
The role of IT and Cybersecurity changed dramatically over time. The movement to the Cloud and the digital transformation as such is in the process of shaping a new world, cybersecurity (and privacy) being at the core of it. Digital transformation as well as security arrived now at the board level. This drives a lot of changes in a lot of different areas: The role of internal IT has to be re-defined; governance processes have to be changed; even the impact on finance and budgeting is not to be underestimated. This course focuses on these challenges and how they can be approached (and have been approached) in the industry. It will base on practical experience with companies across Europe and in different industries. Besides touching on the basics of Cybersecurity it gives a broader view on the challenges in today’s architectural and governance frameworks and how you can approach these challenges on the technological as well as on the human side. We will jointly work on how the Cloud influences these developments and what changes are necessary to capture the opportunities while maintaining an acceptable risk level. We want to approach this in an interactive format, while adding background information over the course of the first day (e.g. an introduction to Cybersecurity). Between the first full day and the day 2 (half-day) you work on a case study to be presented and discussed on day 2. On the final slot we will wrap up and fill the blanks and address the questions which remained open.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- NDS
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Registration & Places
- Max Places
- 30
- Signup End
- 02.08.2026
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| seminar |
Digital Transformation: Integrating Cloud and Business
Two-day course.
Saturday: 08:30-16:45.
|
No time listed | 16 h semesterly |
Offered In
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MAS in Management, Technology, and Economics (MAS MTEC Onboarding Workshop for 1st Semester Students: Friday, 11.09.2026, 09.00 -17.30, LEE E 101)