Cybersecurity Guidelines for University Programs to Align the Industry

The cybersecurity industry has long needed a solid foundation for academia to build consistent and effective degree programs. There has been far too much inconsistency in cybersecurity and cyber-science education. In order to prepare the next generations of cybersecurity professionals, academic standards and curriculum must be defines and implemented.

This was the goal for the Joint Task Force on Cybersecurity Education (CSEC2017), established in 2015, to develop a guidance for curriculum content, applicable across global academic institution’s degree programs.

Cybersecurity Curricula Report

The Cybersecurity Curricula guidelines for post-secondary degree programs are published and available for anyone to review!

https://cybered.hosting.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/newcover_csec2017.pdf

The guidelines are a leading resource of comprehensive cybersecurity curricular content for faculty members of global academic institutions seeking to develop a broad range of cybersecurity offerings at the post-secondary level. It aligns with the…