Curricular Guidance for Associate-Degree Cybersecurity Programs

Tang, Cara; Tucker, Cindy; Servin, Christian; Geissler, Markus; Stange, Melissa

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“…Although the ATMAE accreditation requirements are not the same as they are for ABET, the same process of applying the standards is used. The contribution here related to the CAE-CD KUs is equally applicable to the ABET knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) and to the recently released Cyber2yr2020 [51] guidelines, which are, mapped to both the NICE and the CAE-CD recommendations.…”

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Constructing a Methodology for Developing a Cybersecurity Program

Ward¹

2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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This paper serves to introduce the problem of constructing a methodology to develop a cybersecurity program. The goal of the program is to prepare students graduating from an accredited two-year college for success in cybersecurity careers. Several challenges must be addressed such as program accreditation, workforce development, and DHS/NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) designation. All of these serve as inputs in constructing a methodology to develop such a program to meet local industry needs for cyber professionals.

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Constructing a Methodology for Developing a Cybersecurity Program

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2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…4. The broader efforts by the ACM in building curricular guidance in cybersecurity, chiefly CSEC2017 [9] for 4-year undergraduate programs and Cyber2yr2020 [10] for Associate's degree level programs.…”

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“…ACM has been publishing curriculum guidelines for computing disciplines for decades, and one of the newest disciplines in this series is Cybersecurity. In 2017, ACM published CSEC2017 [9] for Baccalaureate-level programs in Cybersecurity, and in 2020 the ACM Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges (CCECC) followed with Cyber2yr2020 [10] for Associate's degree programs. Based on CSEC2017, the content of Cyber2yr2020 has been updated for currency and appropriateness at the two-year level.…”

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“…The eight required topic areas and the six crosscutting concepts in Criterion 5 are identical to the eight security domains in Cyber2yr2020 [10]. As Cyber2yr2020 recommends, Criterion 5 requires some coverage of topics in all eight security domains.…”

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“…Helping this effort were two recent related developments that clarify what institutions should cover in their Associate's degree cybersecurity programs and what employers should expect from these graduates. Based on Cybersecurity Curricula 2017 (CSEC 2017) [9] for 4-year programs and other factors appropriate for community colleges, the ACM Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges (ACM CCECC) published the Cybersecurity Curricular Guidance for Associate-Degree Programs (Cyber2yr2020) [10]. Guided by Cyber2yr2020, CSAB (the ABET member society for computing accreditation) and ABET's Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) developed the Associate's Cybersecurity program accreditation criteria.…”

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The Need For ABET Accreditation of Associate’s Cybersecurity Programs

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

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His current research interests cover the nexus between data science and cybersecurity, as applied to a variety of domains including healthcare, finance, and other critical infrastructure sectors. Dr. Raj's other focus is computing education at all levels. He volunteers with ABET's Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC), and is currently serving as an officer on the CAC Executive Committee and as a CSAB/ABET Program Evaluator for computer science, cybersecurity, and information technology. Prior to RIT, he worked at a financial services firm, where he developed and managed leading-edge globally-distributed private cloud infrastructures for a variety of financial applications. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Cara Tang, Portland Community CollegeCara Tang is a faculty member and leads the Cybersecurity program in the Computer Information Systems department at Portland Community College (PCC). She also chairs the Association for Computing Machinery Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges (ACM CCECC), and led the task group that created Cyber2yr2020, curriculum guidelines for two-year cybersecurity programs.

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RQ Labs: A Cybersecurity Workforce Skills Development Framework

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This research contributes to the knowledge of how Information Systems (IS) researchers can iteratively intervene with practitioners to co-create instructional programs with a framework designed for fast-paced, rapidly changing IS fields such as cybersecurity. We demonstrate how complex fields, such as cybersecurity, have the need for a skilled workforce that continues to rapidly outpace supply from universities. IS researchers partnering with practitioners can use this research as an exemplar of a method to design, build, and evaluate these innovative co-curricular IS programs. Moreover, we find these co-curricular IS programs are essential to upskilling students, integrating training on the latest tools, systems, and processes in these rapidly evolving disciplines. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10796-022-10332-y.

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Curricular Guidance for Associate-Degree Cybersecurity Programs

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