Why Computer Security Courses Are Failing in Community Colleges and the Pitfalls to Avoid: A Retrospect of Seven Years of Being a Computer Security Educator

Many presentations on curriculum tend to focus upon the best practices. This article is not one of those. Instead this article is a collection of the pitfalls to avoid when building a computer security course, program, or degree. The intent is not to hope that programs fail but to give educators some guidance on the pitfalls to avoid when building computer security programs. This article results from more than seven years of managing, traveling, and lecturing on computer security program development issues. (C) 2007 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.