Abstract
Cyber security is interdisciplinary, and it is to expect that security professionals and other employees working with computers to have suitable knowledge. In this chapter an interdisciplinary training program in cyber security curriculum and an interdisciplinary mentoring program to be included in entrepreneurial learning will be proposed. It helps to produce synergy in groups and generates ideas to solve complex problems. Entrepreneurial learning is a basis for education of entrepreneurs, and it should also include such interdisciplinary programs. The author explained the advantages of interdisciplinary training and mentoring programs in this context particularly in the field of cyber security. Such programs are missing both in education as well as in companies. Two examples of European projects with the participation of the author will be done to improve entrepreneurial education and training and encourage SMEs to be innovative. The programs are supported by digital learning platforms, and interdisciplinary trainers and mentors help the learners. The main method is interdisciplinary problem-based learning (IPBL).
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Cyber security which historically was technical a subfield of computer science gained importance in fields like law and business management, as well as areas of technology such as smart grids, cars, and other cyber-physical systems (also due to pervasive computing technology).
The study field Ethics helps to distingue right from wrong, and good from bad. It analyzes the morality of human behaviors, policies, laws and social structures (Brey, 2005; Bynum, 2003; Hamburg & Grosch, 2017).Computer/Information ethics focuses on questions of responsibility for defects in the work of software, on preventing access to private information stored in computer databases, centralization and decentralization of power in computerized environments, as well as copy right, intellectual property, and commercial confidentiality issues. The ethical right and responsibility referring information technology are related with legal responsibility and legal rights. Legal acts tend to be assessed on their ethical merits, while amendments to existing laws or legal acts or introduction of new ones increasingly require ethical grounding.
Ethics should be is a critical part of every cyber security defense strategy in organizations because without clear ethical standards and rules, employees cannot protect systems and data.
Due to their connections to computer systems and the Internet, all these areas must consider unanticipated security vulnerabilities (https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Making-cyber-security-interdisciplinary-%3A-for-a-and-Ramirez/6dbd08f328672d8cc3ac0fc164a7212c4b0888cf) summarized follow categories of cyber security research:
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The Public category includes issues of concern to governments: work regarding laws, international norms, and national security. Global technical standards produced by bodies like W3C, while often specifying norms, are in the Infrastructure category.
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The Business category includes most of the articles that address technological problems of cyber security; specifically, those problems referring the actual infrastructure of cyberspace.
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The Infrastructure category includes papers that discuss various aspects of cyber security of critical infrastructure, as well as security issues concerning the operation of cyberspace, such as cryptography.
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The General category contains all papers with issues which pervade the entire realm of cyber security, as well as descriptions of the field in general, and characterizations of cyberspace and humans’ interactions with it and includes also most articles from social sciences.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Interdisciplinary Mentoring: Interdisciplinary mentoring can be seen as the mentoring of the future. Scientists use it to produce synergy in groups, to generate multifocal ideas and complex solutions to complex challenges. It has many advantages by using it in education also in entrepreneurial one.
Entrepreneurial Learning: The European definition of entrepreneurial learning includes development of entrepreneurial attitudes, skills and knowledge that enable the individual to turn creative ideas into action. Their role is to engage and motivate students/entrepreneurs through relevant learning experiences for education, life and work. Entrepreneurial learning is a basis for education of entrepreneurs, and it should also include interdisciplinary learning/training programs
SME: An SME means a “small to medium enterprise”, and there are various parameters to measure an SME. European Commission distinguish within SMEs small-medium, small, and micro enterprises.
Interdisciplinary Training: Interdisciplinary training involves the combining of training in two or more disciplines and use knowledge from these disciplines. It requires thinking across boundaries.
Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship refers to designing, launching, and running a new business. Entrepreneurship is “a process of new value creation” and the formation of the entrepreneur as a person also for transformations like digital ones. It can be understood also as capacity and willingness to develop, organize, and manage a business venture taking also its risks to make a profit.
E-Mentoring: E-mentoring means providing guided mentoring relationship by using online software or email. It has advantages by allowing participants to communicate at their own convenience and beyond time zones and they do not need to be in the same physical location. It is very useful i.e. during the periods like Corona crisis one.
IPBL: Interdisciplinary problem-based learning (IPBL) combines two teaching methods: problem-based learning (PBL) and interdisciplinary learning. The students are guided to follow seven steps to problem solving and are assigned different roles in their interdisciplinary groups.