TY - JOUR KW - cyber threats KW - E-skills KW - ICT technologies AU - Ilona Frisk AU - Ilkka Tikanmäki AU - Harri Ruoslahti AB -

Besides many benefits, ICT technologies are faced with cyber threats. Organizations of today, therefore, face many challenges that require technical, situation awareness, and problem-solving related e-skills from a wide level of organizational actors. Business survival depends on how well an organization can implement new IT and take advantage of the opportunities offered by this new IT. Cybersecurity is a pressing issue in modern society. It affects businesses, personal lives, and critical infrastructures. There is a growing need for proficiently cyber-trained personnel to protect society and its organizations and systems.
The ECHO E-skills and Training Toolkit was piloted with a team of higher education business ICT teachers. First, the team supervisors chose and valued the most relevant Technical, Situation awareness, and Problem-solving related e-skills. These choices were then given to the pilot test group to discuss and adjust. This pilot study shows that the ECHO E-skills and Training Toolkit can be used to benefit any organization that wishes to assess the e-skills of its personnel and training gaps.

BT - Information & Security: An International Journal DO - https://doi.org/10.11610/isij.5311 IS - 2 LA - eng N2 -

Besides many benefits, ICT technologies are faced with cyber threats. Organizations of today, therefore, face many challenges that require technical, situation awareness, and problem-solving related e-skills from a wide level of organizational actors. Business survival depends on how well an organization can implement new IT and take advantage of the opportunities offered by this new IT. Cybersecurity is a pressing issue in modern society. It affects businesses, personal lives, and critical infrastructures. There is a growing need for proficiently cyber-trained personnel to protect society and its organizations and systems.
The ECHO E-skills and Training Toolkit was piloted with a team of higher education business ICT teachers. First, the team supervisors chose and valued the most relevant Technical, Situation awareness, and Problem-solving related e-skills. These choices were then given to the pilot test group to discuss and adjust. This pilot study shows that the ECHO E-skills and Training Toolkit can be used to benefit any organization that wishes to assess the e-skills of its personnel and training gaps.

PY - 2022 SE - 163 SP - 163 EP - 175 T2 - Information & Security: An International Journal TI - Piloting the ECHO e-Skills and Training Toolkit VL - 53 ER -