Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Risks in Business Innovation UCL

Overview

Innovation and digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) are not just driving businesses to change their models, they are also creating ethical and operational threats of an unprecedented nature. Maximising innovation benefits, identifying cybercrime threats, managing AI challenges, creating a risk structure for governance, protecting sensitive data, defending critical smart infrastructure and complying with regulations generally feature in the top risks of government, public, private and academic organisations.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Risks in Business Innovation course from UCL Summer School, students will have:

• Outlined basic principles and complexities of risk management; and how they apply to adapting technologies such as AI and innovations in businesses.

• Identified vulnerabilities, threats and security risks from digital applications and AI solutions across industry sectors.

• Recognised ethical responsibilities of businesses and developed job-relevant skills through AI case studies and hands-on tasks.

• Developed job-relevant skills such as appraising strategic business innovation proposals while managing operational cybersecurity and AI risks using evidence-based sound arguments.

• Evaluated next steps for taking professional qualifications in Business Innovation, Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (CGRC) and overall Business Risk Management.