None of the top 10 U.S. computer science programs at American universities require a single course in cybersecurity before graduation, signaling a dearth of proper training for the next generation of IT administrators and developers.
The statistic comes via an independent study of 121 universities commissioned by CloudPassage, a company specializing in cloud infrastructure security solutions.
In fact, the only school out of the top 36-ranked computer science undergraduate programs in the country to require a cybersecurity course was the University of Michigan, which ranked in 12th on last year’s study, according to the report.
Furthermore, 3 out of the top 10 computer science programs don’t even offer a cybersecurity class as an elective, the study found.
Rochester University offers the most cybersecurity electives of any computer science program in the country, with 10 available security electives. The University of Alabama is the only school to require three or more cybersecurity classes for an information systems or computer science degree.
CloudPassage CEO Robert Thomas said cybersecurity automation will only go so far in preventing the next major cyberattack – the long-term solution will be in educating IT professionals to identify these threats so they can develop more secure code. For the full article click here
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