TY - GEN
T1 - A proposed curriculum in cybersecurity education targeting homeland security students
AU - Kessler, Gary C.
AU - Ramsay, James D.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Homeland Security (HS) is a growing field of study in the U.S. today, generally covering risk management, terrorism studies, policy development, and other topics related to the broad field. Information security threats to both the public and private sectors are growing in intensity, frequency, and severity, and are a very real threat to the security of the nation. While there are many models for information security education at all levels of higher education, these programs are invariably offered as a technical course of study; these curricula are generally not well suited to HS students. As a result, information systems and cybersecurity principles are underrepresented in the typical HS program. The authors propose a course of study in cybersecurity designed to capitalize on the intellectual strengths of students in this discipline and that are consistent with the broad suite of professional needs in this discipline.
AB - Homeland Security (HS) is a growing field of study in the U.S. today, generally covering risk management, terrorism studies, policy development, and other topics related to the broad field. Information security threats to both the public and private sectors are growing in intensity, frequency, and severity, and are a very real threat to the security of the nation. While there are many models for information security education at all levels of higher education, these programs are invariably offered as a technical course of study; these curricula are generally not well suited to HS students. As a result, information systems and cybersecurity principles are underrepresented in the typical HS program. The authors propose a course of study in cybersecurity designed to capitalize on the intellectual strengths of students in this discipline and that are consistent with the broad suite of professional needs in this discipline.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902270282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2014.605
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2014.605
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902270282
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 4932
EP - 4937
BT - Proceedings of the 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
A2 - Sprague, Jr, Ralph H.
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
CY - Piscataway, USA
T2 - Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (47th : 2014)
Y2 - 6 January 2014 through 9 January 2014
ER -