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Millennials Not Pursuing Cybersecurity Careers
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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
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10/30/2015 | 11:28:20 AM
Re: yup
I think we are probably at the point where coding needs to be a part of regular high-school (and/or middle-school) curricula -- allowing for greater specialization at the college level.
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
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10/29/2015 | 11:19:34 PM
Re: yup
Coding may not be mandatory, but I think we are already arriving at an economy where coding is a huge plus in many fields -- thanks in large part to the proliferation of data science.
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
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10/29/2015 | 11:18:02 PM
Re: Focus on the Solution
Unfortunately, many parents are still hardcore reinforcing strict gender roles with the way children are raised that the issues go deeper than simple education.
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
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10/29/2015 | 11:16:06 PM
Re: yup
@Ryan: Certainly, this is why we are now at the point where security must be a consideration right from the beginning -- especially as new technology offers new vulnerabilities.
jw13d
jw13d,
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10/29/2015 | 3:08:52 PM
Re: yup
You are quite mistaken. Good security skills require a foundation in system and network administration. If you aren't good at building systems and networks, you won't be good at protecting them (security). The hactivists that are getting the heavy handed treatment that you speak of don't generally have those fundamentals and are just breaking things. It is fundamentally easier to break things than to create them, but that doesn't give you the skills to be a good cybersecurity person.

Personally, I view the cybersecurity team as the masters program with system and network administration/engineering being the associates/bachelor level programs. I don't encourage anyone to jump straight to security but to enter administration and engineering with security in mind and cross over to security once you have the fundamentals down.
techmichelle
techmichelle,
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10/28/2015 | 10:23:51 AM
Re: yup
Alright :-) This article is pointing out the statistics. It opens the question of why?

Sure its easy to off load the answer as a Dating.  Many girls even with opportunity, support, and being around people in the field do NOT choose to tackle Engineering, Computers, you name it, for a degrees when coming out of high school.  Lots of reason, part of it is social media. 

At one time when the state upped the smoking age and taxes, they used part of the tax money as grants for anti-smoking campaigns. One of the most successful was done by a middle school media club.  The whole school was involved. Posters, articles to TV spots.

Social Media can be turned around, figuring the best way to spend the money? One idea is to offer contests and grants to social media clubs at colleges.

Whistleblower, hacking, court you name it. These issues are harder to tackle yet very important.

How to dress for success, this is such an oh my josh area, this is how I would describe it.

As a child your parents teach you to watch out for cars, then you find out that pedestrians have the right of way, then you realize you might have the right of way but a car is going to kill you.

Free online coding groups have expanded the opportunities. The next step for them is to incorporate certificates and degree programs that lead into paid interships and entry level jobs.  

*** Another issue is lack of opportunities for women already in the workforce.  As groups continue to expand opportunities I hope this part of the issue gets more focus.

 

Dr.T
Dr.T,
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10/28/2015 | 9:30:30 AM
Re: Focus on the Solution
As long as we can educate our female students and attract their attention to IT, they will find their way up. It starts form bottom.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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10/28/2015 | 9:15:59 AM
Re: yup
I doubt that it is about dating. We have not being doing a good job when it comes eduction our kids in a balanced way, we do not give enough attention to our female kids and get their attention to IT world.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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10/28/2015 | 9:09:52 AM
Re: yup
I see. Security was not that visible and impactful let's say 10 years ago. Recent years all these security bridges created awareness.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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10/28/2015 | 9:08:15 AM
Re: yup
Kids seem very excited in coding, especially gaming and mobile development.
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