Spurred by the Cyberspace Policy Review, cybersecurity education has become a core component of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. Today, cybersecurity education is carried out in 2-year/4-year colleges/universities as well as research universities. Cybersecurity programs are homed in various disciplines including Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, etc. The major problems with cybersecurity education to date are that (1) there is no uniform cybersecurity curriculum, (2) there is no standardized assessment criteria nor is there an accrediting body, and (4) there is no definition of a cybersecurity profession.
The purpose of this workshop is to advance the state-of-the-art in cybersecurity education, bringing together educators from 2-year and 4-year colleges as well as research universities. The workshop will include representatives from the different disciplines in which the various cybersecurity educational programs are currently located. The goal of the workshop builds on prior working groups. The workshop will address questions such as: What is the core of cybersecurity education that spans across all disciplines? What components of the curricula are discipline specific? What are possible transition paths between the different degree programs (e.g., high school to 2-year to 4-year colleges, undergraduate to graduate programs)?