As hackers begin to be a threat to companies and governments a new field of work called cyber security emerged. With this new workforce, companies need more than just Information Technology (I.T) professionals because cyber security includes all realms of Information Technology. To make up for the lack of cyber security professionals, academic institutions started implementing cyber security degrees that go by many names such as an Information Security Assurance degree. Although, the relevancy of cyber security degrees are debated, employees with the degree are better prepared for their careers and more valuable to their employers than those without degrees.
Through research, professionals proved that employees are better prepared for their …show more content…
Research shows that all cyber security jobs will replace a degree requirement with experience. The experience could be better than a degree starting out as stated in the article “Towards Changes in Information Security.” The three emphasize “universities often fail to provide their graduates with skills demanded by employers” (222) this is due to the universities teaching the “lowest level skills” (222) to students. There is another big factor missing in these information assurance degrees in an article written by Shana Beach “Human factors and Cyber Security” Shana Beach mentions in her article that human factorization is not included in most cyber security degrees. She also mentions that “29% of cyber security breaches are accomplished by social tactics alone”. (5) This could give the employee with experience an upper hand since experience could incorporate high-level skills in the real world such as social …show more content…
Colleges that apply must meet a rigorous course work standard to show that they meet the needs to be awarded into the program for the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. In “Human factors and Cyber Security” Shana even makes a request to make entry into the program harder to get: “The national Centers of Academic Excellence in Information assurance and other programs like it, should consider adding human factors coursework as a requirement into the program.” (10) If an employee who went to one of these colleges that were awarded the Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education the employee will have undergone rigorous course work to earn their degree which would make them more versatile in their workplace and likely for a
Through research, professionals proved that employees are better prepared for their …show more content…
Research shows that all cyber security jobs will replace a degree requirement with experience. The experience could be better than a degree starting out as stated in the article “Towards Changes in Information Security.” The three emphasize “universities often fail to provide their graduates with skills demanded by employers” (222) this is due to the universities teaching the “lowest level skills” (222) to students. There is another big factor missing in these information assurance degrees in an article written by Shana Beach “Human factors and Cyber Security” Shana Beach mentions in her article that human factorization is not included in most cyber security degrees. She also mentions that “29% of cyber security breaches are accomplished by social tactics alone”. (5) This could give the employee with experience an upper hand since experience could incorporate high-level skills in the real world such as social …show more content…
Colleges that apply must meet a rigorous course work standard to show that they meet the needs to be awarded into the program for the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. In “Human factors and Cyber Security” Shana even makes a request to make entry into the program harder to get: “The national Centers of Academic Excellence in Information assurance and other programs like it, should consider adding human factors coursework as a requirement into the program.” (10) If an employee who went to one of these colleges that were awarded the Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education the employee will have undergone rigorous course work to earn their degree which would make them more versatile in their workplace and likely for a