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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Securing Security through Education |
| Karen Neville and Philip Powell |
| University College Cork, Ireland |
| University of Bath, United Kingdom |
| Traditionally security has been the pervasive factor in organizational growth but its importance has sur-passed that |
| of any other issue in retaining a competitive advantage. Security is, therefore, of paramount importance in the |
| retention of organizational innovation. The key in building a secure environment lies in an organizations ability to |
| react to changing threats both from within and external to the case. The ob-jective of security is to protect |
| corporate knowledge as well that of the tangible asset. It is ironic that to secure knowledge the organization must |
| expand its knowledge of security. To this end universities are currently striving to produce educational |
| programmes to meet industrial demand for this core require-ment. The amalgamation of theoretical research and |
| industrial practice in Third level programmes is vi-tal to ensure ongoing industrial support for academia. To this |
| end the case under investigation strives to produce IT graduates with the ability to utilize theoretical knowledge, |
| particularly of security, in a prac-titioners domain. The construction and implementation of any course is very |
| much emergent, given the unique institutional nature of academic programmes. This paper conducts an analysis of |
| an approach in delivering practical, as well as theoretical, knowledge of security, using a unique project to enable |
| the learners to utilize the theoretical knowledge gained through the classroom. |
| Keywords: Security, Knowledge, Education |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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