AI in Cybersecurity Education- A Systematic Literature Review of Studies on Cybersecurity MOOCs




Samuli Laato, Ali Farooq, Henri Tenhunen, Tinja Pitkämäki, Antti Hakkala, Antti Airola

Maiga Chang, Demetrios G Sampson, Ronghuai Huang, Danial Hooshyar, Nian-Shing Chen, Kinshuk, Margus Pedaste

International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies

2020

IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies

2020 IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)

IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies

6

10

978-1-7281-6091-7

978-1-7281-6090-0

2161-3761

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT49669.2020.00009

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9156050

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/48461021



Machine learning (ML) techniques are changing both the offensive and defensive aspects of cybersecurity. The implications are especially strong for privacy, as ML approaches provide unprecedented opportunities to make use of collected data. Thus, education on cybersecurity and AI is needed. To investigate how AI and cybersecurity should be taught together, we look at previous studies on cybersecurity MOOCs by conducting a systematic literature review. The initial search resulted in 72 items and after screening for only peer-reviewed publications on cybersecurity online courses, 15 studies remained. Three of the studies concerned multiple cybersecurity MOOCs whereas 12 focused on individual courses. The number of published work evaluating specific cybersecurity MOOCs was found to be small compared to all available cybersecurity MOOCs. Analysis of the studies revealed that cybersecurity education is, in almost all cases, organised based on the topic instead of used tools, making it difficult for learners to find focused information on AI applications in cybersecurity. Furthermore, there is a gap in the academic literature on how AI applications in cybersecurity should be taught in online courses.


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