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Cybersecurity Skills Need Boost in Computer Science Degrees
Credit: Times Higher Education
U.K. computer science programs are not doing enough to develop students' skills in cybersecurity, according to a new paper from the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing and the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium. As a result, the United Kingdom faces a shortage in cybersecurity skills.
Industry increasingly has called for making cybersecurity a core discipline of computing and information technology, indicating it should be "a key element of the computing and computer science curriculum, particularly at the undergraduate level." The paper notes most institutions offer computer science courses with one module or unit — approximately 5 percent of total credits — dedicated to cybersecurity in a three-year degree. Cybersecurity topics could be included in many degrees.
Moreover, the paper suggests industry could accept more trainees and placement students. Industry also could send speakers to share their "war stories" and help get more students excited about cybersecurity.
From Times Higher Education
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