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Title: An Integrative Approach to Information Security
Education: A South African Perspective
Author(s): Lynn Ann Futcher, Cheryl Schroder, Rossouw von Solms
Reference: pp215-222
Keywords: Outcome-Based Education (OBE), Critical Cross-Field Outcomes (CCFOs),
Information Security Education, IT/IS/CS Curricula
Abstract: The importance of information security cannot be denied. It has increasingly become an
integral part of our everyday lives. In line with some of the key issues relating to the
construction of a South African education and training system for the 21st century, this paper
argues that information security is both ‘a social and economic need’ and ‘an intellectual and
professional challenge’ and should therefore be regarded as a critical cross-field outcome. This
could help narrow the evident ‘information security gap’ that currently exists in undergraduate
IT/IS/CS curricula at South African universities.
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