Cybersecurity education should start early

By Ellyne Phneah , ZDNet Asia on June 19, 2012



Educating students on cybersecurity should start as early as possible, considering they are being exposed to the latest technologies at an increasingly young age, say industry watchers. They suggest an integrated, holistic approach for the curriculum but are divided as to whether hacking skills need to be taught.


Liew Chin Chuan, course manager for the diploma of infocomm security management at Singapore Polytechnic, added that students enrolled in its curriculum are required to learn about hacking techniques in the context of how attacks are carried out and the counter-measures that can be implemented to prevent these.



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