CyberSecurity education in Ukraine

Oleksii Baranovskyi, Ph.D.CEO Kyiv Cyber AcademyAssociate professor NTUU “KPI”ISACA Academic AdvocateCEH, CEI, CSXP

Background

➢High professional entry barrier ➢10-15% CyberSecurity students continue work in field➢Late professional specialization (auditor, pentester,

security officer, network defender etc.)➢Professionals market capacity estimated in 60-65%➢ Integration Ukraine to EU (legislation, cybersecurity

requirements etc.)

Types of education

➢Universities & Institutes➢ International Certification Programs (EC Council, ISACA,

(ISC)2, ISO, Mile2, Offensive Security etc.)➢Vendor Academic Certification Programs (Cisco,

Microsoft, HP, Oracle etc.)➢ Initiative Education Programs➢Self Education

Universities

How many Universities?

What we teach?

Universities

➢31➢ Information or Cyber Security?➢Standard?➢Knowledge's, Disciplines or Competences?➢Types of education: technical VS humanitarian?

Vendors

➢CISCO➢Microsoft➢Hewlett Packard➢IBM➢Oracle➢VMware➢Check Point➢Etc.

Certification Programs

➢EC Council ➢CEH, CHFI, CND, ECSA, LPT, CCISO etc.

➢ISACA➢CISA, CISM, CRISC, CSX etc.

➢(ISC)2

➢CISSP, SSCP, CCSP, CCFP etc.➢Mile2

➢CISSO, CPEH, CPTE, CISSM etc.➢Offensive Security

➢OSCP, OSWP, OSCE, OSEE etc.

Gold Certification Programs

Initiative Programs

Ways

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➢ Increase market interest in professional certifications

➢ Early student professional specialization

➢ Training students as ready cybersecurity specialists

➢ Increase level of cybersecurity awareness

➢ Improving of university cybersecurity educational programs

➢ Improving of government employees level

➢ Bringing the legislation to the best international practices