Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs
Changes due to technological development in the workplace are putting pressure on academia to keep pace with the changing nature of work. Due to the growing need for cybersecurity professionals, universities improve their cybersecurity programs to develop qualified cybersecurity competencies. The pu...
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| description | Changes due to technological development in the workplace are putting pressure on academia to keep pace with the changing nature of work. Due to the growing need for cybersecurity professionals, universities improve their cybersecurity programs to develop qualified cybersecurity competencies. The purpose of this study is to validate the cybersecurity knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) competencies of cybersecurity degree programs using a fuzzy linguistic group decision-making method. This study shows that cybersecurity knowledge is essential, along with technical skills and human abilities for cybersecurity professionals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49dd34aec4ea48acaa303f883d6c0d522022-12-21T19:44:57ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ Computer Science2376-59922022-01-018e82710.7717/peerj-cs.827Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programsAbdullah Alammari0Osama Sohaib1Sayed Younes2Faculty of Education, Curriculums and Teaching Department, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi ArabiaFaculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaFaculty of Education, Curriculums and Teaching Department, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi ArabiaChanges due to technological development in the workplace are putting pressure on academia to keep pace with the changing nature of work. Due to the growing need for cybersecurity professionals, universities improve their cybersecurity programs to develop qualified cybersecurity competencies. The purpose of this study is to validate the cybersecurity knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) competencies of cybersecurity degree programs using a fuzzy linguistic group decision-making method. This study shows that cybersecurity knowledge is essential, along with technical skills and human abilities for cybersecurity professionals.https://peerj.com/articles/cs-827.pdfComputer educationCybersecurity competencyMulti-criteria |
| spellingShingle | Abdullah Alammari Osama Sohaib Sayed Younes Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs PeerJ Computer Science Computer education Cybersecurity competency Multi-criteria |
| title | Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs |
| title_full | Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs |
| title_fullStr | Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs |
| title_short | Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs |
| title_sort | developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs |
| topic | Computer education Cybersecurity competency Multi-criteria |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/cs-827.pdf |
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