Security Educators
Someone has to prepare future security professionals for their career, and security educators are an often overlooked, but vital, security career. “Security education teaches security awareness,” explained Kevin Du, IEEE senior member and computer security professor at Syracuse University. “Most of today’s security problems are caused by software design vulnerabilities and malfunctions and, of course, human error. Software errors are often made by software developers and I teach my students about the pitfalls of these security missteps. In my industry, I have witnessed many developers write software without any knowledge or background in security, and thus their software ends up having major security flaws. I educate students on the importance of software developer training and education.”