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.
The Department of the Air Force has identified 50 programs that will make up the core of its contribution to the Pentagon’s joint all-domain command and control effort, branding them part of the “DAF Battle Network,” according to newly-released budget documents. The DAF Battle Network programs span multiple offices and agencies…