EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR TRAINING OF CYBER SECURITY PROFESSIONALS: LEGAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
Authors: Diorditsa Igor 
Published: December 2019

The article explores the problems of legal and organizational principles of formation of cybersecurity specialists and the issues of improvement of normative regulation of the processes of training of professionals in the specified field. It is established that the interest of scientists to educational standards has recently increased significantly due to the revision of the essence of the concept in the Law of Ukraine «On Higher Education» of 01.07.2014, the closer link between standards and quality of education. At the same time, active attention is paid to the issues of constituent standards of higher education, implementation of the competence approach and its reflection in the educational standards of the next generation. The theory and the newest practice of creating educational standards for the preparation of higher education students in the specialty «Cybersecurity» on the principles of integration of legal and pedagogical science are analyzed. The basis of the legal regulation of higher education standards in accordance with the new legislation has been established. The main components of educational standards in the content of education in the specialty «Cybersecurity» are represented and the legal component is highlighted in educational standards. Actual problems of standardization of education in training of cybersecurity experts are revealed. The scientific substantiation of the qualification requirements for cybersecurity specialists on the basis of the competence approach is offered. The essence of the concept of «qualification requirements», its components and the degree of representation of the key concept in terms of competencies of cybersecurity experts are determined. Qualimetric indicators of activity of this category of specialists are detailed. Improvement of educational standards of cybersecurity specialists is proposed by specialization of such specialists for further activity, first, in the following spheres: sphere of state power and management - introduction and support of processes of secure e-government, state information resources, ensuring unobstructed work of information analytics, statistical analysis, statistical analysis counteracting cyber attacks on websites of government agencies and organizations, etc; security and defense - activities in the context of ensuring national and information security in cyberspace; combating cybercrime, including cyber-terrorism, combating cyber-threats to military character, protecting the interests of the state by computer and technology warfare in information and hybrid wars; ensuring the operational state of cryptographic information security; economic sphere - prevention of cases of industrial espionage, theft of know-how, computer fraud with electronic payment documents, seizure of confidential economic data, illegal activities with payment and credit cards; theft of funds from electronic accounts, ordering goods and services at someone else's account, etc.; science and technology - counteracting cyber-espionage, developing software that prevents intrusion into computer systems, spreading viruses, destroying databases and more.