Professional Development and Cybersecurity

This session will help you get the most out of your attendance at the Security Professionals Conference. Beyond a conference overview, we will address how to make smart choices about which sessions to attend, network with colleagues in similar situations, be intentional about taking home what you learned, and become more professionally involved in the activities of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security Task Force.

This federal register notice informs the public and interested stakeholders that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making available for public review and comment ``Information Technology (IT) Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK): A Competency and Functional Framework for IT Security Workforce Development.'' This framework is intended to assist the public, private, and academic sectors with strategic IT security workforce development initiatives including professional development, training and education. The EBK is not an additional set of DHS guidelines, and it is not intended to represent a standard, directive, or policy by DHS. Instead, it further clarifies key IT security terms and concepts for well-defined competencies, identifies notional security roles, defines four primary functional perspectives, and establishes an IT Security Role, Competency, and Functional Matrix.