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Cybersecurity is a rapidly developing field in which job titles and role descriptions may vary from one organization to the others. The NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF) provides a common language to categorize and describe cybersecurity work for organizations to build a strong workforce. As the predominant workforce prescribed by the NCWF is technical in nature, academic efforts targeted towards these career paths are likewise technical. Though technical security education is critical, an equal amount of knowledge outside the technical domain is pivotal to understand sophisticated challenges in cybersecurity. Articulating a concise, inclusive, meaningful, and unifying approach in cyber related education fosters a balanced motivation for students from both technical and non-technical majors (interdisciplinary) to pursue a career in cybersecurity. Towards this end, we analyzed competencies, knowledge, skills and abilities of interdisciplinary roles and other roles introduced in the NCWF; we then highlighted discrepancies observed.
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Bridging the Community College Cybersecurity Classroom and Workplace with the CyberSim Lab
Most postsecondary cybersecurity education focuses on technical knowledge and skills without commensurate attention to vital nontechnical skills. In this position paper, we argue that cybersecurity education must integrate the teaching and practicing of non-technical competencies alongside technical knowledge and skills to ensure that both technical and non-technical skills transfer to cybersecurity workplaces.
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- PAR ID:
- 10631896
- Publisher / Repository:
- ACM
- Date Published:
- ISBN:
- 9798400705311
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 875 to 881
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- human centered computing applied computing and interactive learning environments collaborative learning security and privacy
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- Pittsburgh PA USA
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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