ABSTRACT

The Cybersecurity Workforce Framework developed by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education identifies 33 specialty areas for cybersecurity jobs in which more than half primarily involve nonprogramming tasks. The iSchools focus on educating students from both technical and nontechnical backgrounds which play an important role to address interdisciplinary training and support for the development of a diversified workforce. Traditionally, computer and network training falls under the Career and Technical Education program for majority of the American public school. The iSchools represent a shift in directions and philosophy from the traditional library and information science education. A mapping of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Framework components to a currently the most comprehensive cybersecurity curriculum among iSchools could lead to a better understanding of how cybersecurity education in a represented iSchool fits into the cybersecurity workforce. Cybersecurity education is relevant to every other profession who comes “online,” utilize technology, and being a part of a network environment.