Shaping Curricular Guidelines for Associate-Degree Cybersecurity Programs

As projections of the shortage of cybersecurity workers grow, the spotlight is on cybersecurity education. In December of 2017, the Joint Task Force on Cybersecurity Education published Cybersecurity Curricula 2017: Curriculum Guidelines for Post-Secondary Degree Programs in Cybersecurity (CSEC2017), representing a new discipline in ACM's Computing Curricula Series. Now the ACM CCECC (Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges) is leading creation of a similar set of guidelines for two-year cybersecurity programs at the associate-degree level, called CSEC2Y. The CSEC2Y task force of community college educators presented and released the initial draft, called StrawDog at a special session at SIGCSE 2019. A survey seeking public feedback from educators, professionals, and global advisors collected feedback and input on the StrawDog draft. A second draft, called IronDog, will be available by mid-July. In this poster, survey results from the first draft, and the most recent draft will be presented for feedback and critique by the international community.