the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China has developed a
cadre of 30,000 cyberspies, who are supplemented by more than
150,000 “private sector” cyberexperts “whose mission is to steal American military and technological secrets and cause mischief in government and financial services”.

There are numerous examples in addition to literature support for the notion that cybersecurity education needs to refocus on depth as opposed to breadth. However, adding some elements of depth to the current model
of teaching cybersecurity is inadequate. We need to begin developing and measuring cybersecurity skills well before college to develop cybersecurity experts.

HOW DEPTH IS ACHIEVED TODAY

The Case for Depth in Cybersecurity Education

examples of a few people who started cybersecurity very early in life.

EXPANDING DEPTH TO MEET CURRENT NEEDS

tells how much hour of work needs to be done in order to get to the 1000 hrs time goal

tells about various competitions held for high schoolers to get started with hacking.

• CyberFoundations
• CyberPatriot
• National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
• National Cyber League
• DC3 Forensics Challenge

ANALOGY

compares the cyber security with sports and says how every day practise results in good professionals.

INTEGRATING EXTRACURRICULAR AND CURRICULAR DEPTH IN CYBERSECURITY

Turning cybersecurity into a team competition sport has advantages of learning through real-world simulations with the ability to track performance.

THE NIST CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE FRAMEWORK

DEPTH AND BREADTH IN CURRICULAR AND EXTRACURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT

Schwartz et al. studied more than 8,000 students at 45
universities and found compelling evidence demonstrating that
students whose high school science courses focused on depth as opposed to breadth outperformed the students whose preparation was breadth-oriented.
The selected articles
ranged in dates from 1961 to 2012 and two underlying messages
were consistent throughout, namely the fact that teachers and
some students prefer breadth but external measures indicate that depth has greater value.

DEPTH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SELF-EFFICACY

self-efficacy, a person’s belief in his or her ability to execute a task at a required level of performance, is an important factor affecting one’s ability to attain a goal. High self-efficacy also encourages increased attention and effort on a task, increased persistence when facing obstacles or adverse experiences and heightened performance accomplishment.

CONCLUSION