As part of an effort to make its educational resources available to academia, ISC)2 has launched a Global Academic Programme.
In an effort to help meet the global demand for more skilled cyber security professionals, accredited academic institutions will have access to new resources and support from the CISSP community, with educational resources updated regularly by its members and industry luminaries, the (ISC)2 common body of knowledge incorporates disciplines within information security, software security, forensics and healthcare.
“We believe it’s critical to recognise and support the role of the academic community in the development of much-needed cyber security talent for now and in the future,” said W. Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)².
“With the global skills gap in this sector increasingly acknowledged by companies and governments around the world, industry and academia must come together to address this challenge. (ISC)2 is in a unique position to offer its educational content, which is regularly updated and vetted by experts, to colleges and universities around the world as part of this collaborative development effort required for our now digitally-dependent society.”
Carsten Maple, vice chair of the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing, an association representing computing in UK Higher Education, said that with many computing graduates leaving university having studied in the area of security, this was a welcome addition.
“There is a varied approach to teaching security, but in a number of institutions there is only one module – approximately five per cent of the total credits in a degree – dedicated to information security in their core three year Computer Science degree,” he said.
“Clearly with the growth in cyber attacks, there is a need for graduates to be equipped with skills and knowledge of the threats and methods to overcome these. To do this and to give computing students the best opportunity to succeed, we as an academic community are trying to better engage with industry representatives in fields such as information security.”
The Global Academic Programme includes materials which range from domain-specific modules and practice assessments to faculty handbooks and student textbooks are drawn
from the certification CBKs. The programme is open to accredited institutions interested in enhancing cyber content within their security, computing, IT or other relevant course offerings.
