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A UK Case Study on Cybersecurity Education and Accreditation

Tom Crick Orcid Logo, James H. Davenport, Alastair Irons, Tom Prickett

2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

Swansea University Author: Tom Crick Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1109/fie43999.2019.9028407

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This paper presents a national case study-based analysis of the numerous dimensions to cybersecurity education and how they are implemented and accredited; from understanding the interaction of hardware and software, moving from theory to practice (and vice versa), to human factors, policy and polit...

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Published in: 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
ISBN: 9781728117461
ISSN: 1539-4565 2377-634X
Published: Covington, KY, USA, USA IEEE 2020
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