A Comparison of Information Security Curricula in China and the USA

Authors

Huaying Chen, University of MelbourneFollow
Sean B. Maynard, University of MelbourneFollow
Atif Ahmad, University of MelbourneFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

SRI Security Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia

Comments

11th Australian Information Security Management Conference, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, 2nd-4th December, 2013

Abstract

Information Security (InfoSec) education varies in its content, focus and level of technicality across the world. In this paper we investigate the differences between graduate InfoSec programs in top universities in China and in the United States of America (USA). In China, curriculum emphasises Telecommunication, Computer Science and InfoSec Technology, whilst in the USA in addition to Computer Science and InfoSec Technology the curriculum also emphasises Enterprise‐level Security Strategy and Policy, InfoSec Management, and Cyber Law. The differences are significant and will have a profound impact on both the perceptions and capabilities of future generations of information security professionals on the one hand, and the management of information security in public and private organizations in the respective countries on the other.

DOI

10.4225/75/57b5629dcd8e1