대학에서 시큐리티(Security)관련 학과 및 교과목 운영현황과 발전방안

Abstract

Security means protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats. Recently, the definition of security has redefined the scope of security including cyber security, industrial security, and information security. Security matters have become an integral part of daily life. With the rapid growth of security services, the curriculum of universities have change responding to the new trends. Universities start to educate students for the development of various security service sectors. However, there are no standardized curriculum of security departments. This study aims to empirically examine the actual state of the current curriculums among the newly established security related departments at universities in Korea. In this article, security related departments include its scope to industrial security, information security, cyber security, security service, and information and communication major. Nationwide 33 universities' security related departments were selected for the analysis. The curriculums of the selected departments were comparatively analyzed. In this article, we suggest a possible framework for the development of security departments. There should be an agreement on the standardized academic system. Also, identity of security related department should be established for training proper human resource in the security industries.