Dr. Richard Forno, Cybersecurity Graduate Program Director and Assistant Director of UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity, spoke at the NCSI Cybersecurity Education Symposium in Arlington, Virginia on Tuesday, November 19th. The panel session, “Creating the Cyber Curricula for Success” explored the interdisciplinary nature of cybersecurity and cybersecurity education at the undergraduate and graduate levels and discuss the right balance of disciplines, knowledge, skills, and attributes required to prepare future cybersecurity practitioners.
Ellen Hemmerly (Executive Director and President, UMBC Research Park Corporation) and Kent Malwitz (President, UMBC Training Centers) spoke later that day on a panel session entitled “The Business Model for a Cybersecurity Program.”