Cybersecurity: What I Hope Someone's Teaching

With colleges and universities producing increasing numbers of cybersecurity graduates, why are employers struggling to find qualified candidates? It seems that many programs focus on technology and don't pay enough attention to the human elements. While we certainly need graduates to understand bits and bytes, this is not enough. Two of the key differentiators that make candidates stand out and, more importantly, work out in a company are their abilities to: 1) see what others can't, and 2) share the right things. This talk will describe these abilities in a cybersecurity context and explain why they matter so much. We will then explore some ideas on how we can foment their development within a cybersecurity curriculum. Finally, we will discuss how we might help students package their academic experiences to stand out in a crowd of applicants and get hired.