All That Glitters Is Not Gold: On the Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Qualifications

William Knowles; Jose M. Such; Antonios Gouglidis; Gaurav Misra; Awais Rashid

doi:10.1109/MC.2017.4451226

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: On the Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Qualifications

William Knowles, Jose M. Such, Antonios Gouglidis, Gaurav Misra, Awais Rashid

Lancaster Univ.

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Abstract

Do today's certification qualifications effectively assess cybersecurity professionals' core competencies? Five distinct techniques for identifying qualifications form the basis of a large-scale survey of industry stakeholders.

Original language	English
Pages	60-71
Number of pages	12
Volume	50
No.	12
Specialist publication	COMPUTER
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2017.4451226
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2017

Keywords

certification
competency
cybersecurity
qualifications
security
survey

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