This presentation speaks to the need for Cyber-Security education to be performed at all levels of education in Jamaica (and the Caribbean) for the people to remain relevant in this field.
2. What is Cyber-Security (CS) Education?
Why should we provide this Education?
Who is the target audience ?
Curriculum for Cyber-Security
Limitations of a Cyber-Security Curriculum
Conclusion
Future Work
3. Education
Learning that enables
Cyber-Security
Protection computers, networks, programs and data
from unintended or unauthorized access, change or
destruction, i.e. enforcing Confidentiality, Integrity,
Access (C.I.A) for the Internet.
4. Increase in Malicious Cyber-Attacks
Increase in internet open access
Proliferation in social media (instagram, facebook)
Adoption of new technologies (e.g. web bitcoins)
Awareness levels close to real time is low
Increase in Cyber-Security penetration
Need for Cyber-Security Forensics
5. Primary School Education
High School Education
College /Tertiary Education
6. Curriculum at primary level education
Geared towards mobile safety and online conduct
High School Education
Deeper in browser forensics and online tracking
College Level /Tertiary Education
Emphasis on understanding threat models, creating
mitigation strategies and building solutions.
7. Power up and Power down computers
Identifying secure and insecure web pages
Social Engineering for the Internet
Identifying basic malicious attacks (e.g. pop ups,
script kiddies etc.)
Reading web page instructions and terms and
conditions for using such pages.
8. Advance Computer Networking
Advance Digital Forensics and Incident
Response for the Internet
Legal Policy for the Internet
Cryptography Techniques for the Web
Online Financial Security
Internet Auditing and Risk Management
Internet Governance
9. Security is an interdisciplinary field
(many skills to hone)
Policy adoption on security education
Human Talent Pool of Educational Security
Experts at all levels of curriculum
Technology Adoption
10. Cyber-Security transformation education
initiatives at all levels of the curriculum required
Existing National ICT initiatives lack the adequate
pool expertise at all requisite levels of curricula.
As Internet penetration increases - a global intiative
on Cyber-Security is imperative and the Jamaican
context requirement is no less.
Tertiary Level training to inform tertiary level
training and lower level curricula is required.
11. Cyber-Security transformation education
initiatives at all levels of the curriculum required
National ICT security policy initiatives that speak to
skills based initiatives to provide short term,
medium term and long term Security Talent
Management Pools
Tertiary Level training to inform tertiary and lower
level curricula