CyBOK
The Cyber Security Body of Knowledge (CyBOK) project aims to codify cyber security knowledge. It is a unique resource, providing for an underpinning body of knowledge encompassing the breadth and depth of cyber security. The project also facilitates the development of learning and career pathways, curricula and professional training.
It aims to bridge the long-recognised skills gap within the cyber security sector, an issue which experts agree is compounded by a fragmented and incoherent foundational knowledge for this relatively immature field. The CyBOK project team have undertaken an extensive exercise involving a mapping and analysis of relevant texts as well as a range of community consultations via workshops, an online survey, interviews and position papers. These activities provided an in-depth understanding of the community’s collective view of the top-level Knowledge Areas (KAs) which should be in the scope of CyBOK. Following these consultations and various inputs, the 19 top level KAs were distilled and these informed the scope of CyBOK (please see accompanying image).
Version 1.0 of the CyBOK was published on 31 October 2019, and was formally launched in January 2020. The next phase of the project focuses on the dissemination and application of CyBOK.
