Toward Curricular Guidelines for Cybersecurity Education: Defining Educational Standards for an Emerging Discipline

鉴于对网络安全专业人员的需求与国家高等教育企业提供的供应之间的不平衡，预计在不久的将来，网络安全相关学术课程的数量将迅速增长。拟议的项目将采取重要步骤，为网络安全教育制定全面的课程标准，其成果可能会改变美国和国际上的网络安全教育。该项目包括学术界、政府和行业利益攸关方在整个开发过程中的充分参与，并发挥关键的领导作用。它还认识到，发展一支强大的网络安全人才队伍是全球关注的问题，该项目邀请全球对课程开发工作做出贡献。网络教育项目（CEP）于2014年启动，其双重目标是：（1）为计算机协会（ACM）和IEEE计算机学会认可的本科网络安全课程制定课程指南; 2）制定特定学科的标准，以获得工程和技术认证委员会（ABET）的网络科学认证。通过该提案执行的工作主要解决第一个目标-它将为全球主要计算协会认可的网络安全本科课程制定课程指南-但它也将告知ABET认证过程。活动和交付成果将包括2016年6月组织的国际安全教育研讨会，并传播相关研讨会报告;提供网络安全本科课程指南的课程卷;以及指导一系列选区团体实施课程指南的路线图。该项目计划在学术界广泛的社区参与-包括计算学科，社会和行为科学学科，以及应用内容领域。它还将在整个课程开发过程中提供持续的形成性评估和调整。

Given the imbalance between the demand for cybersecurity professionals and the supply provided by the nation's higher education enterprise, there is an expectation of rapid growth in the number of cybersecurity-related academic programs in the near future. The proposed project will take important steps towards defining comprehensive curricular standards for cybersecurity education and its outcomes can potentially transform cybersecurity education in the US and internationally. The project includes the full participation of academia, government and industry stakeholders throughout the development process and in key leadership roles. It also recognizes that the development of a strong cybersecurity workforce is a global concern and the project invites global contributions to curriculum development efforts.The Cyber Education Project (CEP) was started in 2014 with the dual goals of(1)establishing curricular guidelines for undergraduate cybersecurity programs that are endorsed by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society; and 2)developing discipline-specific criteria that would lead to the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Cyber Sciences accreditation. The work to be performed through this proposal addresses mostly the first goal - it will establish curricular guidelines for cybersecurity undergraduate programs that are endorsed by major global computing associations - but it will also inform the ABET accreditation process. The activities and deliverables will include organization of the International Security Education Workshop in June 2016 and disseminating the associated workshop report; a curricular volume providing guidelines for cybersecurity undergraduate programs; and roadmaps to guide the implementation of the curricular guidance for a range of constituency groups. The project plans for broad community engagement across the range of academic constituencies - to include computing disciplines, social and behavioral science disciplines, and applied content areas. It will also provide a continuous formative assessment and adjustment throughout the curriculum development process.