The U.S. Naval Academy is aiming to be among the first colleges to have a cybersecurity major accredited by a top professional body, a school official said Monday, and the superintendent said he has been meeting with Navy officials about how to find funding to build a $100 million cybersecurity facility on campus.
Boyd Waite, vice academic dean, told the academy's Board of Visitors that the school would like to have the major in cybersecurity that is now under development accredited by ABET within four years. ABET is a leading nonprofit accrediting agency for the disciplines of applied science, computing and engineering.
"It is the way that the public can be assured that we use accepted practices and policies in the delivery of our programs, so this is a big deal for us," Waite said.
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ReplyDelete"public can be assured that we use accepted practices and policies in the delivery of our programs".
As a alumnus of the Academy, I say no. The Academy is to train and gratuate Officers to handle Navy ships. If the navy needs such types the can get them from civilian Collegs after a comlete security investigation of such people. Again, the Academy is to develope Officers to handle ships for the US NAVY!
ReplyDeleteAs another alumnus of the Academy, I would argue this a terrific idea. I graduated three years ago with an BS in economics. I would have been much better suited for my time in the IDC if I had a degree in Cyber Security. Furthermore, my roommate who studied Ocean Engineering would also be better suited in this current job (COMMO at sea) with a degree in Cyber Security.
ReplyDeleteSo many of the majors at USNA are unrelated to the fleet. Let Mids pick a subject they enjoy and prefer. They will get plenty of time to learn the intricacies of ship handling...Just as I did.