“Cyber Ninjas”? Oh For The Love Of…

While I am a huge proponent of security education, I loath the phrase “cyber”. And to make things worse…

From New York Times:

Banks, military contractors and software companies, along with federal agencies, are looking for “cyber ninjas” to fend off a sophisticated array of hackers, from criminals stealing credit card numbers to potential military adversaries.

“cyber ninjas”???

*facepalm*

But, on the positive side there are many more schools weighing in with their own security program offerings.

“There is a huge demand, and a lot more schools have created programs,” says Nasir Memon, a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Brooklyn. “But to be honest, we’re still not producing enough students.”

Mr. Memon’s school created a master’s degree in cybersecurity last fall. So did Indiana University, whose security degree is in “informatics,” an academic field in which students find new uses for information technology. Starting in the fall, Georgia Tech will offer a master’s degree in information security online; the program is aimed at computer professionals who want to learn to deal with computer threats.

Cyberdouchery notwithstanding, I am very interested to see what the community thinks of these programs. For the full article read on.

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