Integrating Cybersecurity Concepts Across Undergraduate Computer Science and Information Systems Curriculum
Uma Kannan, Rajendran Swamidurai · 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings · 2024
The global Cybersecurity skill gap in 2020 is about 3.1 million and the Cybersecurity staff shortage is about 69%.Universities are waking up to the need for developing skills in Cybersecurity.Though many Universities offer a master's degree in Cybersecurity, it is impractical to fill this huge demand for Cybersecurity through only graduate degree holders.After careful analysis, it has become evident that there is a gap in the curriculum as it relates to training for Cybersecurity concepts in foundational computing courses for students.To be more specific, there is relatively less focus on the infusion of Cybersecurity concepts in undergraduate computing courses and its impact on classroom practices.This paper serves to address this gap by providing an experience in infusing, teaching, and assessing Cybersecurity modules in various undergraduate computing courses that immerse students in real-world Cybersecurity practices through active learning.