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http://dx.doi.org/10.13089/JKIISC.2021.31.5.973

Are There Any Solutions for the Cybersecurity Education Gap in the Public Sector?  

Lee, Song-ha (Chungbuk National University)
Jun, Hyo-Jung (Cybersecurity Economics Research Institute)
Kim, Tae-Sung (Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology / v.31, no.5, 2021 , pp. 973-985 More about this Journal
Abstract
South Korea has been guaranteed the efficiency and the convenience of administrative work based on long-term experience and well-established ICT infrastructure. Vice versa, South Korea is always exposed to various scale cyber-attacks. It is an important element of national competitiveness to secure cybersecurity resilience and response in the public sector. For this, the well-trained cybersecurity professionals' retention and support for their capacity development through retraining are critical. As the Special Act on Balanced National Development, most public agencies moved to provincial areas, but the provincial areas are not ready for this, thus the workforce can't get enough retaining courses. We study to analyze whether there is a gap in cybersecurity educational opportunities or needs in the public sector depending on regions, institution type, and personal traits. This paper aims to suggest solutions for the cybersecurity education gap in the public sector based on the empirical analysis results.
Keywords
Cybersecurity; Cybersecurity Training; Education Gap; Special Act on Balanced National Development; Relocation Public Agencies;
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