Re-engineering Cybersecurity Education in the US: An Analysis of the Critical Factors

Author

Conklin, Wm Arthur ; Cline, Raymond E. ; Roosa, Tiffany

Author_Institution

Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

6-9 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

2006

Lastpage

2014

Abstract

The need for cyber security professionals continues to grow and education systems are responding in a variety of way. The US government has weighed in with two efforts, the NICE effort led by NIST and the CAE effort jointly led by NSA and DHS. Industry has unfilled needs and the CAE program is changing to meet both NICE and industry needs. This paper analyzes these efforts and examines several critical, yet unaddressed issues facing school programs as they adapt to new criteria and guidelines. Technical issues are easy to enumerate, yet it is the programmatic and student success factors that will define successful programs.

Keywords

computer science education; security of data; CAE program; DHS; Department of Homeland Security; NICE effort; NIST; NSA; National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education; National Security Agency; US government; critical factors analysis; cyber security professionals; cybersecurity education re-engineering; education systems; programmatic factors; school programs; student success factors; Computer security; Educational institutions; Government; Industries; Information security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences (HICSS), 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2014.254

Filename

6758852