ERIC Number: ED642907
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 95
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ISBN: 979-8-4268-0852-2
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MCDM for Selection of Cybersecurity Technologies Used in Cybersecurity Education
Shapna Sultana Pal
ProQuest LLC, D.Engr. Dissertation, The George Washington University
Educators of graduate cybersecurity education lack decision methodologies to aid in selecting and prioritizing cybersecurity criteria and tools to provide hands-on learning in cyber courses. Educators are challenged with keeping the cybersecurity tools in the education curriculum relevant and updated. The risk of not doing so, is possibly graduating students without the necessary technical proficiency with the most current cybersecurity tools, producing a cybersecurity workforce unable to meet the challenges of an ever-evolving threat environment. Through literature research, a decision-making methodology that is comprised of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and three rounds of Delphi group decision making, was devised to address this problem space. Employing AHP and Delphi delivers a stable decision-making process that graduate cybersecurity educators can use to select cybersecurity tools for graduate cybersecurity curriculum. The results of statistical analyses testing for the consistency and consensus of expert judgements, was shown to be stable. Recommendations for future work as well as opportunities for outreach to connect with, and educate, cybersecurity educators, are provided. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Computer Security, Information Security, Computer Science Education, Decision Making, Delphi Technique, Technological Literacy, Graduate Students, College Faculty, Curriculum Development
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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