TY - GEN
T1 - Cybersecurity education in European higher education institutions
AU - Salminen, Mirva
AU - Candelin, Niko
AU - Cullen, Kaisa
AU - Latvanen, Sari
AU - Lindroth, Marianne
AU - Matilainen, Teemu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Conference on Higher Education Advances. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This research paper presents some of the findings of an ongoing Cyber Citizen Initiative project (2022-24), which benchmarked civic cybersecurity education and training in all European Union (EU) member states. The research paper focuses on cybersecurity education in higher education. The study concluded that cybersecurity education varies across the EU. Whereas some countries have dozens of higher education institutes providing education in cybersecurity, some others have only a few institutions and educational programmes for the topic. In general, the educational programmes tend to be specific and focus on technical skills. A wider understanding of cybersecurity as a societal concern, civic cybersecurity skills, and discipline geared cybersecurity competence building may be lacking from the curricula.
AB - This research paper presents some of the findings of an ongoing Cyber Citizen Initiative project (2022-24), which benchmarked civic cybersecurity education and training in all European Union (EU) member states. The research paper focuses on cybersecurity education in higher education. The study concluded that cybersecurity education varies across the EU. Whereas some countries have dozens of higher education institutes providing education in cybersecurity, some others have only a few institutions and educational programmes for the topic. In general, the educational programmes tend to be specific and focus on technical skills. A wider understanding of cybersecurity as a societal concern, civic cybersecurity skills, and discipline geared cybersecurity competence building may be lacking from the curricula.
KW - Cybersecurity competence
KW - cybersecurity education
KW - cybersecurity skills
KW - European Union
KW - higher education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173974641&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4995/HEAd23.2023.16336
DO - 10.4995/HEAd23.2023.16336
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:85173974641
T3 - International Conference on Higher Education Advances
SP - 1357
EP - 1364
BT - HEAd 2023 - 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances
PB - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
T2 - International Conference on Higher Education Advances
Y2 - 19 June 2023 through 22 June 2023
ER -