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A Competence-Based Three-Layer Cybersecurity Education Framework and Its Application

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Jiangyong ShiAuthors Info & Claims

ACM TURC '21: Proceedings of the ACM Turing Award Celebration Conference - China

Pages 54 - 60

https://doi.org/10.1145/3472634.3472649

Published: 02 October 2021 Publication History

Abstract

The Computing Curricula 2020 (CC2020) competence model raises a big challenge to cybersecurity education in terms of knowledge, skill and disposition. In this paper, we propose a competence-based three-layer cybersecurity education framework using an ensembling learning strategy. Typically, the proposed framework contains the following three parts: core requirements of competence for cybersecurity, a learning ecosystem, and a unified learning platform. After that, we use the framework to reform a course named Network Security. In the case study, we present the implementing details of the proposed framework followed by extensive data analysis and teaching reflections. Statistical results suggest that the proposed framework is powerful to raise the level of learning achievements that are grounded in CC2020 and course learning objectives.

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Majanoja AHakkala A(2023)Enhancing a cybersecurity curriculum development tool with a competence framework to meet industry needs for cybersecurityProceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies10.1145/3606305.3606325(123-128)Online publication date: 16-Jun-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3606305.3606325
Bendler DFelderer M(2023)Competency Models for Information Security and Cybersecurity Professionals: Analysis of Existing Work and a New ModelACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/357320523:2(1-33)Online publication date: 8-Jun-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3573205

Index Terms

A Competence-Based Three-Layer Cybersecurity Education Framework and Its Application
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information systems education
        Information technology education
      2. Model curricula

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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Majanoja AHakkala A(2023)Enhancing a cybersecurity curriculum development tool with a competence framework to meet industry needs for cybersecurityProceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies10.1145/3606305.3606325(123-128)Online publication date: 16-Jun-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3606305.3606325
Bendler DFelderer M(2023)Competency Models for Information Security and Cybersecurity Professionals: Analysis of Existing Work and a New ModelACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/357320523:2(1-33)Online publication date: 8-Jun-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3573205

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