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Notably and essentially he feels that cybersecurity is so broad and so interdisciplinary that people
with any background should be able to find a role in this field. Students should attempt to develop a T
personality that he discusses in this article:
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For most students he recommends taking a variety of courses to find their passion. He also
recommends sitting in a class before taking it in order to feel the professor’s passion for the subject. But
like him he advises to be prepared to pivot as he had to since the field has evolved so quickly and how
you will find success may not have even been invented yet. This happened to him, and is happening
to many in HRIT, Ad-serving or digital web development technology as well albeit in a different field of
study mind you but
in the book he talks about the need for more interdisciplinary education.
Many feel that all the existing business and MBA
programs or the IT and cyber security programs do not
provide a student what they will need to be successful
in today’s organizations
. This is why he and others at
the National Initiative for Cyber Security Careers and
Studies have developed both curriculum and platforms
to deliver the benefits of this type of a unique Master’s
and Doctoral program with a blend of business and IT/
cyber security that will prepare the next generation of
C-suite leaders much better. So if you have connections
in universities who wish to implement this program, I
think he and others across several Federal and Military
agencies can rally with your help and the help of the
university to implement these very needed programs.
Figure 2 Government HR should
source HBCU by STEM Fields via
social and digital outreach.