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niversities Aren't Doing Enough to Train the Cyberdefenders America Desperately Needs
A new analysis by CloudPassage suggests U.S. universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders.
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U.S. universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders, suggests the findings of a new analysis from CloudPassage.
None of the top 10 computer science programs as ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 2015 requires graduates to take even one cybersecurity course, and three of the top 10 programs do not even offer an elective cybersecurity course.
Among the top 36 computer science programs, only the University of Michigan requires students to take a security course to graduate.
The research reinforces what many have said about the gap in information technology (IT) security skills, says CloudPassage CEO Robert Thomas. "But what we've revealed is that a major root cause is a lack of education and training at accredited schools," Thomas notes.
Although it is possible students could be learning cybersecurity skills as a component of other classes, universities should be doing more to emphasize security, according to David Raymond, deputy director of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's IT security lab. "We're not operating on the same network we were operating on 10 years ago or even five years ago," Raymond says.
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