Protecting Our Future, Volume 1: Educating a Cybersecurity Workforce - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989845117 ISBN 13: 9780989845113

Publisher: Hudson Whitman/ Excelsior College Press, 2013

Synopsis

Protecting Our Future, Volume 1, brings together cybersecurity experts to assess operational challenges and workforce needs in a range of Critical Infrastucture Sectors and Subsectors. Contributors examine the very real threats faced by each sector, and suggest best practices. Sectors discussed in Volume 1 include: military, healthcare, telecommunications, finance, education, utilities/ nuclear, government, small businesses/ nonprofits, and the international arena. This book is an excellent foundational resource for students, practitioners, and employers who not only want to develop a clearer understanding of what is required when building a cybersecurity workforce, but who need to develop top-of-mind awareness in the areas most directly impacting the future of our nation's security.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Jane LeClair is the Chief Operating Officer of Excelsior College's recently launched National Cybersecurity Institute (NCI), located in Washington, D.C. Dr. LeClair is a former dean of The School of Business and Technology, also at Excelsior College. AUTHOR HOME: Washington, D.C.

From the Inside Flap

"The topic of cybersecurity has been covered with broad strokes in several books, but this work by the National Cybersecurity Institute at Excelsior College delves into specific areas in considerable detail. This book will help us understand the challenges and better prepare for our future." --Donald Rumsfeld, 13th and 21st U.S. Secretary of Defense "This book raises our awareness about the urgent need to develop both a workforce of cybersecurity experts and to increase cybersecurity literacy within our country's businesses and organizations. Each contributor has clearly identified a range of challenges and has suggested practical ways to deal with them." --Major General Richard M. Lake, USMC (Retired) "I commend the publication of Protecting Our Future because it helps us understand where our workforce development investment should be focused. Those charged with our nation's cybersecurity future should pay close attention." --Samuel S. Visner, Vice President and General Manager, CSC Global Cybersecurity

Edition details

• Publisher: Hudson Whitman/ Excelsior College Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0989845117
• ISBN 13: 9780989845113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 263
• Editor: LeClair Jane