About CANS 2023
International Workshop on the Challenges in Cybersecurity Education
October 30, 2023
Georgia Cyber Center, Augusta, Georgia, USA
The International Workshop on the Challenges in Cybersecurity Education addresses
workforce cybersecurity education needs and challenges from the EU and US perspectives.
The workshop features invited speakers who will address cybersecurity education initiatives
and existing programs in the EU/US space. The relevant topics encompass the entire
spectrum of cybersecurity training and education: K-12, two-year and four-year degree
programs, graduate programs, and professional training. Included in the scope of the
workshop is the role of Department of Homeland Security/Cybersecurity & Infrastructure
Security Agency and the National Security Agency in developing the US academic response
to cybersecurity education through the Centers of Academic Excellence program.
The program will feature several invited talks as well as a panel discussion of one
community’s cybersecurity workforce development response.
The tentative program includes the following invited speakers.
- Roberto Baldoni, former General Director of the National Cybersecurity Agency of Italy
- Tammy O’Brien, Dean of the School of Cyber and Design Media, Augusta Technical College
- Roberto Perdisci, Director, Institute for Cybersecurity and Privacy, University of
Georgia
- Joanne Sexton, Professor Emerita, School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, Augusta University
The International Workshop on the Challenges in Cybersecurity Education is co-located
with the 22nd International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security (CANS) and
will take place on October 30th.
For in-person attendance, please register at <LINK>. Virtual attendance is free; to
register please send email with your name, email, and affiliation to Michelle McMolin
at mmcmolin@augusta.edu.