Lead Cybersecurity Governance and Digital Resilience
MBA Degree in Advanced Cybersecurity Technologies & Governance
October 2026
CREDITS
90 ECTS
18 months
LANGUAGE
English
Online with
hybrid elements
AWARD
MBA Degree
Full tuition-fee waiver for eligible applicants.
Eligible applicants from EU countries and countries participating in the Digital Europe Programme will receive a full waiver of tuition fees, subject to admission and confirmation of eligibility. The waiver applies to tuition fees only. A non-refundable application fee is payable by all applicants. Admitted applicants must also pay the applicable admission/registration fee. Applicants who do not meet the tuition-fee waiver criteria are responsible for all applicable fees, including tuition fees.
EU PROGRAMME SUPPORT
Supported under the European Commission’s Digital Europe Programme
MBA CREDENTIAL
90 ECTS | EQF Level 7 / ISCED Level 7
MBA Degree | AMBA accredited
FUNDING & FEES
€45,000 tuition | 100% tuition-fee waiver for eligible EU/DEP applicants | Application fee applies | Admission fee if admitted
FORMAT, INTAKE, DURATION
October 2026 intake | 18 months |
Online with hybrid elements
FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS
Cybersecurity, governance and digital transformation professionals
WHY THIS MBA, WHY NOW
Turn Cyber Risk into Strategic Business Advantage
Cybersecurity is no longer only a technical function. It is now a board-level business priority that affects trust, operations, reputation, regulation, insurance, and long-term resilience.
This MBA is designed for professionals who need to connect cybersecurity with strategy, governance, AI, compliance, and executive decision-making.
You will learn how to assess cyber risk, lead secure digital transformation, respond to emerging threats, and build organisational resilience across complex digital environments.
This is not a technical cybersecurity course alone.
It is an executive MBA built around cyber leadership, governance, AI, regulation, and resilience.
Built for the Cybersecurity Challenges Traditional Programmes Miss
Strategic leadership
Executive cyber leadership
Lead cybersecurity strategy, governance, and digital trust at organisational and board level.
Emerging technologies
AI and emerging threat awareness
Understand how AI, automation, and new attack surfaces are reshaping cyber risk.
Cyber governance
Governance, risk and compliance
Connect cybersecurity with regulation, privacy, insurance, policy, and organisational accountability.
Organisational resilience
Resilience-focused decision-making
Build the capability to prepare, respond, recover, and lead through cyber disruption.
Designed for Professionals Leading the Digital Resilience
Programme Structure
The MBA is organised as an 18-month learning journey combining cyber leadership foundations, governance and risk strategy, advanced cybersecurity electives, and an applied business project.
- Cyber risk as a business issue
- Digital trust and organisational resilience
- Information security management
- Cybersecurity leadership fundamentals
- AI and cybersecurity strategy
- Cyber governance and compliance
- Leadership in secure digital transformation
- Decision-making under uncertainty
- Privacy and data protection
- Network, IoT and industrial security
- Offensive security and forensics
- Cybersecurity in political and operational contexts
- Applied cyber risk challenge
- Strategic resilience roadmap
- Governance and implementation plan
- Final presentation or applied business project
Core Expertise and Specialist Pathways
Review the full MBA course structure below. Core courses build your foundation in cyber leadership, information security, governance, AI, innovation, and digital trust. Electives allow you to specialise in the cybersecurity areas most relevant to your professional goals.
Select a course to explore its focus, learning outcomes and role in your applied MBA journey.
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EC01. Privacy and Data Protection
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EC02. Cybersecurity Governance
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EC03. Network Security
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EC04. IoT Security
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EC05. Digital Wellbeing in Cyber-space
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EC06. Offensive Security
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EC07. Forensics
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EC08. Secure Autonomous Systems
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EC09. Cybersecurity: Attack, Defence, and Operational Practice
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EC10. Cybersecurity in Industrial Scenarios
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EC11. Cybersecurity in the Political Domain: Internal and External Dimensions
Your Final MBA Capstone: From Cyber Risk Insight to Applied Resilience
STEP 01
Define the challenge
Identify the cyber risk, governance gap, resilience issue, or digital trust challenge your project will address.
STEP 02
Research the context
Analyse the organisational, technical, regulatory, policy, or market context shaping the challenge.
STEP 03
Apply cybersecurity leadership methods
Use strategic, governance, risk, AI, compliance, and resilience frameworks from the MBA.
STEP 04
Connect the disciplines
Bring together cybersecurity, business strategy, regulation, technology, insurance, operations, and leadership perspectives.
STEP 05
Create recommendations
Develop practical recommendations, a resilience roadmap, governance model, or implementation plan.
STEP 06
Evidence your contribution
Programme Partners























This MBA is part of the EU-INSPIRE project, funded by the European Union under the Digital Europe Programme. The programme is connected to Europe’s need for stronger cybersecurity leadership, AI governance, digital resilience and strategic cyber risk capability.
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EU-iNSPIRE
The EU-iNSPIRE project revolutionises higher education in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and cyber insurance by developing new interdisciplinary master’s programmes and specialist pathways. EPBS leads the design of learning paths, student funding mechanisms, and open-call processes, helping to build Europe’s next generation of digital security leaders.
Role of EPBS:
GIORGOS DEMETRIOU
Giorgos Demetriou is a senior executive with over two decades of experience in European defence, security policy, research, and innovation. He has held leadership roles at the European Defence Agency, ENISA, and the European Parliament, where he co-led the EU’s Strategic Research Agenda and drove key initiatives on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies. As Associate Dean of Research and Innovation at École des Ponts Business School, he leads the school’s research strategy, oversees major EU-funded projects, and fosters international and industry partnerships. Giorgos holds a Doctorate in Business Administration, an MBA, and an Executive Master’s in International Politics. He has managed over €40 million in EU research funding, published widely, and supports Cyprus’s preparation for the 2026 EU Presidency.
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Nationality - Cypriot
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Languages - English, Greek
3D-Circular
3D-CIRCULAR is a pan‑European initiative dedicated to powering the EU’s twin green and digital transition by closing the skills gap. Through an ambitious alliance of industry and research partners, the project is designing next‑generation master’s and doctoral programmes, as well as certification pathways that blend deep‑tech innovation with circular‑economy principles. This new educational ecosystem will reskill and upskill young talents and seasoned professionals alike, ensuring Europe’s workforce can drive sustainable growth and lead the digitally native circular economy of tomorrow.
Role of EPBS:
ANTRI CONSTANTINOU
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Nationality - Cypriot
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Languages - English, Greek
HERNAN RUIZ OCAMPO
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Nationality - Bolivian
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Languages - English, Spanish, French
Vlatka KATUSIC
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Nationality - Bolivian/Croatian
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Languages - English, Spanish, French, Croatian
panagiota savva
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Nationality - Cypriot
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Languages - English, Greek
sofia hamika
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Nationality - Latvian
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Languages - English, Russian, Latvian
chrysostomos dimitriou
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Nationality - Cypriot
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Languages - English, Greek
PANAYIOTA karanicola
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Nationality - Cypriot
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Languages - English, Greek
Sofia alexaki
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Nationality - Greek
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Languages - English, Greek
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Nationality - South African
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Languages - English, Afrikaans
Elena altani
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Nationality - Greek
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Languages - English, Greek
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Hernan Ruiz Ocampo is a senior researcher and project manager with expertise in circular economy, sustainable water management, and EU-funded project implementation. He has coordinated large-scale European projects focused on business modelling, curricula design, course development, dissemination, and research exploitation. Hernan holds a PhD in Process and Bioprocess Engineering, two MSc degrees in Chemical and Biological Engineering and in City and Urban Environments, and an MBA in Innovation Management. He is also pursuing an Executive DBA. He has authored peer-reviewed publications on water treatment, big data applications, and the circular economy, and regularly presents at international conferences. At EPBS, Hernan serves as a Principal Research Development and Implementation Expert, where he coordinates EU-funded projects, leads research proposals, and develops applied research outputs connecting sustainability, innovation, circular economy, and digital transformation.
Advancing the Circular Economy Transition
The Circular Economy Research Center (CERC) supports the shift from a linear “produce-consume-waste” model toward circular, sustainable, and innovation-driven systems. Through research, education, and collaboration with academic, industrial, and institutional partners, CERC helps transform circular economy knowledge into practical impact.
Why it Matters
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Helps organizations reduce waste and rethink resource use.
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Supports the development of sustainable and circular business models.
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Connects research with real-world economic and environmental challenges.
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Contributes to long-term resilience and responsible innovation.
Strengthening Cybersecurity Capacity and Resilience
INSPIRE — Internet Security, Privacy, Intelligence & Resilience — connects the technical, policy, and business dimensions of cybersecurity. The lab focuses on market-driven cybersecurity capacity building, skills development, cyber threat intelligence, AI and cybersecurity, privacy-enhancing technologies, cyber ranges, certification, and EU cybersecurity policy.
Why it Matters
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Helps address the growing cybersecurity skills gap.
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Supports organizations in building stronger digital resilience.
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Connects cybersecurity technology with business, policy, and regulation.
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Contributes to safer, more trusted digital ecosystems.
Driving Innovation in Health and Social Impact
The Smart Health & Social Innovation Lab brings together digital health, sustainability, social innovation, business, and policy to support healthcare transformation. SHSI explores e-health solutions, circular economy principles in healthcare, and social economy initiatives that can improve community well-being.
Why it Matters
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Supports smarter and more inclusive healthcare innovation.
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Promotes sustainable approaches to health systems and services.
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Connects digital health, social impact, business, and policy.
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Contributes to healthier communities and more resilient care models.
