Cybersecurity education is “not just about code” but about a “problem solving approach,” said Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, at ASC16. The Academy is shifting toward an interdisciplinary model of cybersecurity education that borrows lessons from design schools like Stanford, one that is more suited to “the modern profession of arms,” according to Johnson. “We understand the difference between training and education,” said Johnson, and meeting the particular challenges of cybersecurity requires “experiential learning” with a focus on “understanding risk” wherever it may be found, not just in the details of technical knowledge.
Air Force Basic Military Training leaders say changes implemented as part of BMT 2.0 are generating positive results so far—especially when it comes to creating “airminded” new Airmen.
