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Universities aren’t doing enough to train the cyberdefenders America desperately needs

April 12, 2016/

The threat of hacking seems to lurk around every corner, but American universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders.

None of America’s top 10 computer science programs — as ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 2015 — requires graduates to take even one cybersecurity course, according to a new analysis from security firm CloudPassage.

By Andrea Peterson

Full Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/04/11/universities-arent-doing-enough-to-train-the-cyberdefenders-america-desperately-needs/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-technology%3Ahomepage%2Fcard

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