Developing and evaluating cybersecurity competencies for students in computing programs

Abstract

Changes due to technological development in the workplace are putting pressure on academia to keep pace with the changing nature of work. Due to the growing needfor cybersecurity professionals, universities improve their cybersecurity programs todevelop qualified cybersecurity competencies. The purpose of this study is to validatethe cybersecurity knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) competencies of cybersecuritydegree programs using a fuzzy linguistic group decision-making method. This studyshows that cybersecurity knowledge is essential, along with technical skills and humanabilities for cybersecurity professionals