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Cybersecurity Research, Education and Management: University Perspective

Cybersecurity Research, Education and Management: University Perspective

Andrzej Kraśniewski

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In this paper, we focus on those aspects of cybersecurity that are most relevant to universities, intending to provide academic communities with some knowledge that might be useful in their research, education and administration activities related to cybersecurity.
 
The remaining part of the paper is organised as follows. In Section 2, we present basic characteristics of cybersecurity research, its scope and organisation, focusing on initiatives and activities relevant to universities. In Section 3, we show the landscape of cybersecurity education at universities, focusing on competencies acquired by beneficiaries of the educational provision. In Section 4, we discuss challenges faced by universities seen as institutions that have to assure a sufficient level of cybersecurity for their operation. Section 5 presents – as a case study – the developments in cybersecurity research, education and organization taking place at the Warsaw University of Technology. We conclude the paper with a few observations regarding the future developments in cybersecurity, relevant to universities.

1. INTRODUCTION 7

2. RESEARCH 17

2.1. Cybersecurity research – general characteristics 17

2.2. Growing interest in cybersecurity research 18

2.3. Cybersecurity research organisation 19

2.4. Scope of cybersecurity research 21

2.5. Problems with university research 26

3. EDUCATION 27

3.1. Growing importance of cybersecurity education 27

3.2. Objectives and contents of cybersecurity educational provision 28

3.3. Forms of cybersecurity education and training 35

3.4. Methods and techniques of cybersecurity education and training 42

4. CYBERSECURITY AT UNIVERSITIES – INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE 47

4.1. Assets 49

4.2. Threats 50

4.3. Vulnerabilities 54

4.4. Risks 58

4.5. Countermeasures 62

5. CASE STUDY: CYBERSECURITYATTHE WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 65

5.1. Research 65

5.2. Education 68

5.3. Management and organisation 73

5.4. Summary 74

6. CONCLUSION 77

REFERENCES 79

APPENDICES 91

Appendix 1. Cybersecurity taxonomy and classification scheme proposed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) 91

Appendix 2. Priorities in research and development to make the EU more cybersecure iden¬tified by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) 102

Appendix 3. Priorities in research and development to support the EU’s digital strategic autonomy identified by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) 106

Appendix 4. Classification of cybersecurity research based on review papers 114

Appendix 5. Requirements (accreditation criteria) for degree programmes in cybersecurity formulated by ABET 117

Appendix 6. Curricular guidelines for degree programmes in cybersecurity formulated by Joint Task Force of ACM, IEEE, AIS and IFIP 121

Appendix 7. Core components of the NICE Framework 124

Appendix 8. Cybersecurity Competency Model (CCM) 128

Appendix 9. Cyber Security Body of Knowledge (CyBOK) 130

Appendix 10. Cyber Security Strategy of the University of Queensland 133

  • Title: Cybersecurity Research, Education and Management: University Perspective
  • Author: Andrzej Kraśniewski
  • ISBN: 978-83-8156-330-7, 9788381563307
  • Date of issue: 2022-02-23
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_2cs4
  • Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej