D4862 CUsActive
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
School of Technology
About This Course
WGU Catalog 2026-03Governance, Risk, and Compliance provides learners with advanced skills and knowledge to authorize and maintain information systems utilizing various risk management frameworks. The course focuses on the strategic and long-term alignment of an organization's information security program to regulatory requirements and organizational policies. Course topics include compliance and regulatory requirements, data classification and prioritization, security and privacy controls, compliance audits and remediation, and risk management plans.
Official catalog text — WGU-authored.
First in catalog2023-05StatusActiveCurrent degrees7Total degree appearances7
Included in Current Degrees (7)
- Master of Science, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Master of Science, Computer Science, Computing Systems
- Master of Science, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction
- Master of Science, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
- Master of Science, Software Engineering - AI Engineering
- Master of Science, Software Engineering - DevOps Engineering
- Master of Science, Software Engineering - Domain Driven Design