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http://dx.doi.org/10.13089/JKIISC.2012.22.2.295

A Road To Retain Cybersecurity Professionals: An Examination of Career Decisions Among Cybersecurity Scholars  

Chai, Sang-Mi (Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Min-Kyun (Sogang University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology / v.22, no.2, 2012 , pp. 295-316 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the recent field, cybersecuriyt has become one of the critical areas in the information technology field, and demands for cyberseucirty professionals have been increasing tremendously. However, there is In the recent past, cybersecurity has become one of the critical areas in the Information Technology (IT) field, and demands for cybersecurity professionals have been increasing tremendously. However, there is a shortfall in the qualified cybersecurity workforce which is a factor that contributes to the vulnerability of society to various cyber threats. Our study articulates a model to explain career selection behavior in the cybersecurity field. The study explored factors that affect scholars' behavioral intention to pursue a cybersecurity career. Positive outcome expectations from a cybersecurity career as well as high self-efficacy about skills and knowledge about cybersecurity have a strong impact on the scholars' cybersecurity career decisions. Further, perceived usefulness of the cybersecurity curriculum has a positive effect on the scholars' career decisions. The results of this research have implications for retaining a qualified workforce in the computer and information security fields.
Keywords
cybersecurity; cybersecurity career; information assurance; outcome expectation; perceived barriers of cybersecurity career; perceived usefulness of cybersecurity education; self-efficacy; stereo type of cybersecurity career;
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