Communications of the ACM
Military Education Falls Short on Cybersecurity Training
Credit: Demand Miami
Most of the six U.S. military graduate programs have not fully integrated cybersecurity education into their curricula or aligned their programs with the strategic goals of the U.S.'s cyberdefense strategy, according to a recent Pell Center report. The report found that although most military leaders do not need specific training in computer science or engineering, it is still imperative that they have a deep understanding of the cyberthreat landscape.
"Even professional military institutions studying national security and strategy have only recently begun to integrate cybersecurity education in their curricula, despite more than a decade’s worth of experience suggesting that networks and information technologies are both essential to operations and vulnerable to attack," the report notes. The report recommends that military graduate programs revise their curricula to include cybersecurity education.
"The question will not be whether or not the U.S. can develop the best and most powerful cybercapabilities to accomplish a certain feat, but whether our military — and our nation's leaders — will be equipped with knowledge necessary to confront a wide array of cyberthreats and establish both a competitive and security advantage on the modern battlefield," the report says.
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