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A Pedagogic Cybersecurity Framework

By Peter Swire
Communications of the ACM, October 2018, Vol. 61 No. 10, Pages 23-26
10.1145/3267354
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Real" cybersecurity today devotes enormous effort to non-code vulnerabilities and responses. The Cybersecurity Workforce Framework^a of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education lists 33 specialty areas for cybersecurity jobs. Ten of the specialty areas primarily involve coding, but more than half primarily involve non-code work (15 areas, in my estimate) or are mixed (eight areas, per my assessment).

This column proposes a Pedagogic Cybersecurity Framework (PCF) for categorizing and teaching the jumble of non-code yet vital cybersecurity topics. From my experience teaching cybersecurity to computer science and other majors at Georgia Tech, the PCF clarifies how the varied pieces in a multidisciplinary cybersecurity course fit together. The framework organizes the subjects that have not been included in traditional cybersecurity courses, but instead address cybersecurity management, policy, law, and international affairs.

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