A Collaborative Cybersecurity Education Program

Authors

Tokola T.J., Schaberreiter T., Quirchmayr G., Englbrecht L., Pernul G., Katsikas S.K., Preneel B., Tang Q.

Reference

Research Anthology on Advancements in Cybersecurity Education, pp. 414-433, 2021

Description

This chapter presents an implementation of a cybersecurity education program. The program aims to address some issues identified in current cybersecurity teaching in higher education on a European level, like the fragmentation of cybersecurity expertise or resource shortage, resulting in few higher education institutions to offer full degree programs. As a result of the Erasmus+ strategic partnership project SecTech, the program tries to overcome those issues by introducing collaborative development to cybersecurity education. SecTech lays the foundations for a collaborative education program, like the definition of a clear content, module and delivery structure, and the appropriate tool support to facilitate collaboration and content reuse. Additional effort is required to achieve long-term success, including the creation of a community that drives the content creation and maintenance, as well as an independent governance structure to steer the project in the long-term. While the project focuses on European collaboration, a global community is envisioned.

Link

doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-3554-0.ch020