The introduction of ethics into Cybersecurity Curricular

Abstract

Abstract. The article is devoted to the analysis of the problem of teaching professional ethics to future cybersecurity specialists. It is stated that professional tasks of cybersecurity specialists nowadays cannot always be solved using the identified procedures and guidelines. The dilemmas that arise are not always supported by the corresponding laws, rules or codified standards due to the much faster development of the technological basis compared to the legislative support of the professional activity. Thus, the cybersecurity specialists can face unpredictable problems that can require ethical awareness. The article analyses three international educational efforts in creating educational standards for the cybersecurity course: the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), the Cyber Education Project (CEP), Cybersecurity Curricula 2017 and the role of ethics in each. As well as that, the article looks at the national educational standard for this course and the international experience of embedding ethics into cybersecurity curricula, suggesting that the introduction of the ethical component into the national educational programmes would benefit the educational process.