FORMULATING AN EFFECTIVE CYBERSECURITY CURRICULUM
Issues in Information Systems · 2010
greater risks and exposures, along with increasing the negative impact of a successful security breach.All Secure information systems are critical for the modern organizations are exposed to greater risk as successful operations of business and government.they deploy and utilize more sophisticated With increased exposures and risk due to modern information systems, rely on these systems to support systems complexities comes increasing emphasis on core business operations, and reach into markets in cybersecurity.A key component to effective areas where laws, traditions and practices are very cybersecurity is knowledgeable and qualified different from those found in the United States.employees.Because there is no license to practice in Perhaps the most serious risk faced by all the IT field, professional certification is often used to organizations is intentional system penetration and validate knowledge and experience.While university manipulation for fraudulent purposes.Usually IT programs often incorporate security components financial gains are the fraudster's objective, which into the curriculum, they generally do not prepare means that successful penetration results both candidates for certification.The role of university IT business disruption and financial losses for the programs in providing the necessary knowledge and organization.skills to allow graduates to function as computer security professionals is discussed.A model for a cybersecurity program development and evaluation is WHAT IS CYBERSECURITY? proposed, including mapping courses to desired program outcomes and competencies.Suggestions Cybersecurity can be defined as the processes and for future research include surveying IT security procedures organizations, businesses, and professionals to assess perceived value of governments must follow to protect computer assets certification and university programs.and information from attack via the Internet.As straightforward as this may seem, the challenges to Keywords: Cybersecurity Curriculum, Curriculum effectively protecting computer assets and Design, Information Assurance, Professional information are enormous -but necessary.To do Certification, Security Professionals nothing could result in the loss of personal and private information, the inability to conduct transactions, or worse.