Students can graduate from any one of the top 10 U.S. computer science programs without taking a single course on cybersecurity.
A new study out from CloudPassage — a cloud security firm based in San Francisco — concludes that the American higher-education system is failing at preparing students for careers in cybersecurity.
CloudPassage hired a third party consultant to analyze computer science programs at 121 universities listed on three rankings which included U.S. News and World Report’s Best Global Universities for Computer Science, Business Insider’s Top 50 best computer-science and engineering schools in America, and QS World University Rankings 2015 – Computer Science & Information.
The University of Michigan (ranked #12 on the U.S. News & World Report’s list) is the only program in the top 36 which requires a cybersecurity course for graduation.
“Our research reinforces what many have been saying: there is an incredible IT security skills gap” said Robert Thomas, CEO at CloudPassage. “But what we’ve revealed is that a major root cause is a lack of education and training at accredited schools” added Thomas.
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SOURCE: Forbes
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