Universities That Teach Cyber Security At Risk

The cyber security field is a dynamic, challenging and growing fast. Cyber is a field that needs new people to join the fight.  Earning a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity has definite advantages although many cybersecurity positions require knowledge beyond  computers.

Top job candidate should know something about business, law, criminal justice, risk, statistics, political science and other disciplines. Learning a foreign language can help get a job in cyber intelligence, which is work that examines foreign threat actors. 

But one big problem is that universities are experiencing is cyberattacks targeted against them.

The University of Kentucky has fought off a month-long cyber-attack that impacted the universities healthcare and caused a system-wide slowdown.According to officials, the disruption was caused by crypto-currency mining malware installed by threat actors on the network in February. The malware caused daily interruptions to everyday functions and triggered temporary failures of th universities computer system.

Currently half of all universities in the UK say they are experiencing cyber-attacks on a weekly basis, and a majority believes that their security research has already been compromised as a result.

Universities that want to nurture and safeguard their cyber security research efforts need to keep two things in mind:

• Firstly, they need to create a suitable environment for that research to take place in.
• Secondly, they need to adequately protect both the research itself and the wider organisation from cyber security threats.

Cyber security research is fundamentally important if you want to understand the range of potential threats, then get a well-paid job and learn how you can best protect ourselves against them. But putting that protection in place starts at home for universities that want to discover the next cyber security research breakthrough.

Creating virtual safety mechanisms in the form of professional network segmentation and visibility solutions should be a key priority for any university that is serious about investing in its cyber security research capabilities.

Analysts at the University of Texas have found a way to bamboozle malicious hackers into giving away their secrets. The Deep-Dig method tricks hackers onto a decoy site set up to record whatever sneaky tactics are thrown at it. This information is then fed into a computer, where it is analysed to produce clues on how to identify and fend off future hacking attacks.

In response to the growing need for professionals skilled in the protection of digital information, the University of Alabama is about to set up a degree in cyber security. The University’s board of trustees recently approved the Bachelor of Science degree, which will be offered this Autumn. The degree will be housed in the department of computer science which is part of the College of Engineering.

A quality University/College program will offer students the advantage of taking courses not just in cybersecurity, but also in other topics, including writing courses. Taking courses outside of the college major also helps to build a well-rounded graduate with a strong foundation across multiple disciplines.

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