Course in Ethics in Infrastructure Resilience
Online 300-hour course in ethics in infrastructure resilience. 6 modules with Directive (EU) 2022/2557 (resilience of critical entities), Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS 2) and QGIS. Assigned tutor and enrolment open.
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What you will be able to do
Understand the concept of resilience applied to critical infrastructure.
Analyse distributive justice criteria in prioritising protection.
Apply Directive (EU) 2022/2557 and Law 8/2011 to practical cases.
Balance information transparency and confidentiality of sensitive data.
Incorporate ethical considerations into infrastructure design decisions.
Design governance and compliance mechanisms for critical operators.
Develop an integrative project on ethical resilience for an infrastructure.
Who it's for
- Infrastructure resilience manager looking to specialise in Ethics in Infrastructure Resilience.
- Business continuity manager looking to specialise in Ethics in Infrastructure Resilience.
- Critical infrastructure risk analyst looking to specialise in Ethics in Infrastructure Resilience.
- Civil protection technician looking to specialise in Ethics in Infrastructure Resilience.
- Urban and territorial planner looking to specialise in Ethics in Infrastructure Resilience.
- Risk governance consultant looking to specialise in Ethics in Infrastructure Resilience.
- Engineering or science graduates looking to enter the energy sector.
What you'll work with
- Directive (EU) 2022/2557 (resilience of critical entities)
- Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS 2)
- Law 8/2011 (protection of critical infrastructure)
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
- ISO 22301 (business continuity)
- ISO 31000 (risk management)
- ISO 37123 (indicators for resilient cities)
6 modules · 300 h
1.1What resilience is and how it differs from robustness1.2Critical infrastructure and essential services1.3Interdependencies and cascading failures1.4Who decides what is protected first1.5Risk, uncertainty and deciding with incomplete information1.6Ethical frameworks applicable to engineering decisions1.7Responsibility of the engineer and political responsibility1.8Actors: operator, regulator, user and affected community1.9Vocabulary of the debate1.10Exercise: interdependency map of a service
2.1Prioritising assets: technical criteria and value criteria2.2Social vulnerability and unequal exposure to failure2.3Service restoration: who first and with what justification2.4Profitable areas versus historically neglected areas2.5The cost of resilience and who ends up paying for it2.6Tariffs, subsidies and access to the service2.7Private resilience versus public good2.8Shifting risk onto third parties2.9Participation of those affected in the decision2.10Practice: prioritising service restoration after an event
3.1What information on vulnerabilities is published and what is not3.2Security through obscurity and its limits3.3Communicating risk before anything happens3.4Communication during a crisis3.5Accountability after failure3.6Independent investigation and publication of results3.7Commercial confidentiality versus public interest3.8Personal data in monitoring systems3.9Public trust: how much it costs to earn and how quickly it is lost3.10Practice: communication plan for a known risk
4.1Target service level and its justification4.2Return periods and the ethical burden they carry4.3Oversizing, controlled degradation or accepting failure4.4Automation and human decision-making in a crisis4.5Technological dependence and sovereignty4.6When sustainability and resilience clash4.7Climate change adaptation and intergenerational equity4.8Deferred maintenance as an ethical decision4.9Documenting decisions and the assumptions behind them4.10Practice: justifying a service level to different audiences
5.1Regulatory framework for critical infrastructure5.2Notification and continuity obligations5.3Continuity plans and their real verification5.4Exercises, drills and learning5.5Public procurement and resilience requirements5.6Supply chain and extended responsibility5.7Insurance and risk transfer5.8Professional codes of ethics5.9What to do when the organisation makes the wrong decision5.10Practice: ethical analysis of a documented case
6.1Choice of infrastructure and territory6.2Analysis of threats and interdependencies6.3Map of actors and interests6.4Proposed prioritisation criteria6.5Equity analysis of the proposal6.6Resilience plan6.7Transparency and participation plan6.8Monitoring indicators6.9Project report6.10Project defence
How you'll learn
100 % online training on the SEIUM campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and assigned technical tutor. No fixed timetable: students progress at their own pace within the intake, which makes it possible to combine with work.
Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original standard and applied exercises. The working software is QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, Python (NetworkX), Microsoft Excel advanced, in free, academic or evaluation versions. The tests are based on real procedures for analysing interdependencies between infrastructures, crisis simulation exercises and social vulnerability assessments. Assessment is continuous per module plus the final capstone project.
Build it end to end
Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.
Understand the concept of resilience applied to critical infrastructure.
Analyse distributive justice criteria in prioritising protection.
Apply Directive (EU) 2022/2557 and Law 8/2011 to practical cases.
Balance information transparency and confidentiality of sensitive data.
Incorporate ethical considerations into infrastructure design decisions.
Where this takes you
Requirements
- No prior qualification is required.
- Internet connection and a computer capable of running the programme's software.
- Sufficient Spanish to follow technical regulatory texts.
Ready to start?
Send your application today. Our admissions team replies within 72 hours with your study plan and funding options.
Frequently asked questions
The programme totals 300 hours spread over 3 to 5 months. That is an average of 10 to 15 hours per week, compatible with full-time work.
The course uses QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, Python (NetworkX) and Microsoft Excel advanced. Free, academic or evaluation versions are used, and the tutor indicates the free alternative where one exists.
SEIUM's own diploma upon passing the continuous assessment and the final project. This is in-house training, not an official qualification from the Ministry.
Yes. Modules passed in a course or postgraduate diploma in the same area are recognised in the higher-level programme. Check the recognition policy when you enrol.
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