CloudPassage has a new report on cybersecurity and high education institutions. Here’s the big picutre:
- None, Zero, Zilch, Nien of the Top 10 Computer Science programs in the country require security courses to graduate
- Of the Top 26 computer science programs, only #12 Michigan requires cyber security
- In 2015, there were 200,000 OPEN computer security positions in the U.S.
Why the lack of focus on cyber or data security among undergrads?
- Its been pushed as a niche area for graduate programs
- not enough graduate students are pursuing cyber security
- there is more of deamnd for “flashy” computer science programmers who can build apps
SC Magazine | Cybersecurity being overlooked by American universities: Report