Master´s Degree in Data Protection and Security

Competences

General Competences

The general competences of the University Master's Degree in Data Protection and Security are as follows:

• The student must be able to systematically understand the relevant information of the company, its context and how to apply it to complex situations, taking into account how it affects other departments.
• The student must master enough techniques that allow him to obtain and analyze information, evaluate its relevance and validity, synthesize it and adapt it to the context.
• The student must be able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations in a systematic and creative way, with critical judgment, with incomplete information, taking risks, making decisions and communicating them to any type of audience.
• The student must be able to communicate correctly both orally and in writing, using the most current technology.
• The student must be able to act autonomously in the planning and implementation of projects and decisions.
• The student must be able to play different roles within a team, particularly the leader.
• The student must be able to recognize the need for change and must have the necessary ability to manage it.
• The student must be able to act autonomously.
• The student must be able to add value to the company through his creativity and participation.
• Ability to integrate the values and policies of effective equality, especially between women and men and with attention to disability, into the organization and governance of the company.

Specific competences

Students become familiar with the terms related to the main sectors (legal, information security, health, banking, business, telecommunications, innovation, new technologies, communication, marketing and digital rights, among others), training professionally in the new demands of the (EU) Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament, and of the Council of April 27, 2016, concerning the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of these data, which repeals Directive 95/46/EC, the Spanish regulations on the subject, as well as the certification structure for data protection delegates of the Spanish Agency for Data Protection.

• Right to information and to obtain consent for data processing.
• Rights of the interested parties to their data.
• Choice of service providers, data processors and transfers.
• Impact evaluations of the processing of personal data.
• Communication of breaches to the data protection authority and the interested parties.
• Data processing record.
• International data transfers.
• Application of security measures and cybersecurity concepts and ISO 27001, among others.
• Data protection delegate.
• Privacy since its design and by default, codes of conduct and certification structures.
• Proactive responsibility and risk-based approach.
• Sanctions, procedures and responsibilities in the processing of personal data.
• Exploitation and management of marketing campaigns, advertising, in environments such as Internet or social networks.
• Practical application in different sectors, such as telecommunications, media, banking and insurance, health and education, among others.
• Technological and legal innovation.

Likewise, throughout the Master's degree, issues related to the adoption of security measures, risk mitigation or the implementation of audit structures will be analyzed, making it possible to verify these points. Issues to be completed with the analysis of the implications in different sectors, as well as innovation and technological advancement.

Admission criteria

The student, if applicable, must have an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area.

In cases in which the student holds another non-university degree, he must accredit a sufficient level of training and over five years professional experience in order to complete the Master's Degree. The admission process will be subject to an interview and to the evaluation of the curriculum of the potential student by the Master's Degree directors.