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There has been a large and increasing demand for professionals and leaders in the cybersecurity field. Graduate schools in America are facing the challenge and opportunity to meet the demand by discovering talent and producing qualified workforce for the cybersecurity industry. This research paper proposes a model of discovering student interest and talent in graduate cybersecurity education through career guidance and curriculum development. This study is to illustrate the model with sample graduate student admissions and graduate cybersecurity program data at a private university in the northeast region of the United States.
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Aufman, S., Wang, P. (2019). Discovering Student Interest and Talent in Graduate Cybersecurity Education. In: Latifi, S. (eds) 16th International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations (ITNG 2019). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 800. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14070-0_12
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