Facilitated Virtual Focus Groups 

The Cybersecurity Skills Journal is hosting an event to facilitate conversations about specific challenges and opportunities for the cybersecurity workforce. 

The Cybersecurity Skills Journal (CSJ) invites practitioners, scholars, and educators to share your expertise and experience by participating in virtual Focus Groups that will discuss specific challenges and persistent problems related to issues of raising the capability maturity in the cybersecurity workforce. 

Focus group sessions will be held on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 and will run between 90 and 120 minutes, with sessions starting at 10:30 AM and 3:00 PM (Eastern). Conversations will be recorded. The transcripts may be published in an upcoming Special Issue of the Cybersecurity Skills Journal.

A CSJ Dialogue is a research manuscript that documents an exchange of ideas between experts and stakeholders highlighting different points of view, experiences and expertise on a problem or area within the human factors of cybersecurity. The goal of a Dialogue is to discover common themes and ideas for a future systematic study.

Session Agendas

Click the session title link for more information about each focus group

First Session: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Title: Hacking the Old Boy’s Network

Facilitators:
Claudia Gomez, Kent State University Stark

Yasanthi Perera, Brock University

Terrance Campbell, YOUR Center

Second Session: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Title: Cybersecurity team diversity pros and cons: How to ensure the benefits of diversity in cybersecurity

Facilitator: Dana Winner, Msc, Dana Winner, Inc.