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Cybersecurity an Occupation, Not a Profession, Says Report
A new study concludes that cybersecurity is still an emerging field, and threats change too quickly for the federal government to undertake its professionalization. The report from a National Academy of Sciences panel commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stated that professionalization means the formation of standards governing ethics and education as well as an expectation that workers have certification to prove minimum levels of knowledge.
Cybersecurity comprises "a variety of contexts, roles, and occupations and is too broad and diverse to be treated as a single occupation or profession," the report said. The task force allowed for only one possible cybersecurity sub-field: digital forensics examiners.
"The work is comparatively narrowly defined by procedures and law, the relevant domain of expertise appears to be sufficiently narrow, and the appropriate professionalization mechanism is clear," the report said, noting that such conditions are absent elsewhere in cybersecurity.
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