Tackling the cybersecurity workforce gap with tailored cybersecurity study programs in Central and Eastern Europe

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作者
Zivanovic, Marko [1 ]
Lendak, Imre [2 ,3 ]
Popovic, Ranko [1 ]
机构
[1] Fac Tech Sci, Novi Sad, Serbia
[2] Fac Tech Sci, Dept Power Engn & Appl Software Engn, Novi Sad, Serbia
[3] Eotvos Lorand Univ, Fac Informat, Data Sci & Engn Dept, Budapest, Hungary
来源
19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, AND SECURITY, ARES 2024 | 2024年
关键词
Cybersecurity Education; Curriculum Optimization; Workforce Gap; Cybersecurity Skills Framework; Work Roles; Machine Learning;
D O I
10.1145/3664476.3670468
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Digitalization of society brought improvement in many aspects of life but it also brought new cybersecurity challenges. The number of sophisticated, targeted cyber attacks is increasing, which requires constant improvements in Cybersecurity education. Despite this pressing need, the cybersecurity workforce gap is getting bigger. This paper presents a new approach for dynamic cybersecurity curriculum development that utilizes keyword extraction from various sources such as job ads, courses, and curricula with machine learning to quantify curriculum alignment with cybersecurity industry demands and address the workforce gap. The analysis illustrates curricula in the Central East Europe (CEE) region, maps cyber security job ads to curricula, and quantifies coverage of courses, industry, and reference framework topics based on keyword matching. The case study conducted with curricula from CEE illustrates coverage according to the ENISA's European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF) roles and optimization progress after adjustment application. The results demonstrate the importance of dynamic curriculum updates for academic institutions including cybersecurity workforce gap reduction and lack of real progress towards alignment with ECSF.
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