Cybersecurity Experts Analyze How to Build a Workforce

Panelists from government and industry discuss how to train and educate cybersecurity professionals.

November 4, 2013

Diana Burley Speaks at Cybersecurity Workforce event

Diana Burley, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, presented her paper "Professionalizing the Nation's Cybersecurity Workforce."

Cybersecurity experts came together during a panel discussion on when and how to professionalize the emerging field. The conversation centered around a National Academies report coauthored by Diana Burley, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development. "Professionalizing the Nation's Cybersecurity Workforce? Criteria for Future Decision-Making" examined what increased training or skills can be given to cybersecurity practitioners to professionalize the diverse and growing field. The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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