The Programming Tent

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The job market for cyber security-related jobs is growing and is expected to reach a peak on demand in the next few years. Statistics showed that the USA has an overall national workforce shortage. Additionally, there is a need for education methods in this field in particular to evolve and accommodate market demands. In this path, NICE Cyber security education framework has been introduced recently. In this book, our goal is to present a teaching material based on NICE framework. The NICE framework focus was more jobs oriented than educational oriented. The NICE framework itself extended earlier OPM security framework (https: //www. opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/assessment-and-selection/competencies/). Both frameworks adopted KSA competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities or Experience) as an alternative to classical course or program learning outcomes (CLOs and PLOs). One of the main differences between the two approaches is that KSA competencies explicitly distribute teaching, learning and also assessment activities to three categories: KSAs. This is very necessary for practical-oriented majors such as cyber security where knowledge and lecturing based on slides will not be enough. NICE framework is evaluated from an education perspective. Issues and challenges related to using such framework to guide future cyber security programs are discussed in details. One of the most significant challenges observed is related to the lack of a unified method to estimate KSAs. Different KSAs vary widely in their level of details. Additionally, the same KSA can interpret in different cyber security classes or programs differently. This means that estimating how much of course time such KSA should be allocated can widely vary from one school or program to another. In NICE documentation, Knowledge areas have codes up to K0614. Similarly, last skill number in NICE framework is 0359 and last Ability is A0119. Nonetheless, with newer versions/releases of NICE framework, numbering is changed, some merges, updates, or changes occur to all KSAs. Cyber security jobs are expected to grow vertically or in size in the next few years and also horizontally where many new job security roles are expected to arise.