1. Linking Opportunity and Insight from K-12 to the Workforce
Connecting the Dots

2. BATEC Mission and History
The BATEC Mission…
… National Center of Excellence for Computing & Information Technologies
… Focus Areas include centered around Pathway Development (Curriculum), Pathway Access (Outreach), and Subject Matter Expertise (Research)
… Academic Partnerships in San Francisco California, Las Vegas Nevada, Springfield Ohio, Chicago Illinois, and Boston Massachusetts
BATEC in Massachusetts
… BATEC is headquartered in the College of Advancing & Professional Studies at the University of Massachusetts.
… The Center has a fourteen year history of working to encourage, empower and effect meaningful change in higher education within the Commonwealth.
… In 2014, the Center began to work in the emerging disciplines of Big Data and CyberSecurity motivated by the workforce needs of the region.

3. BATEC Pathway Model

4. Public Higher Education in Context
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Public Higher Education in Context
Massachusetts Public Higher Education
15 Community Colleges
9 State Universities
5 UMass Campuses
Higher Education opportunity for all students in Massachusetts, pathway of opportunity from K-12 to the workforce
Educating Massachusetts’ Future workforce
52% of all undergraduate students in Massachusetts are attending Massachusetts public colleges and universities (only 30% in 1967)
67% of those who attend college in-state enroll at one of our public campuses
9 out of 10 Mass public higher education graduates remain in the state, working or pursing further education

5. Workforce Development Goals
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Workforce Development Goals
Align Massachusetts public higher education system with the education and skills requirements of selected high-demand and emerging professions and career fields
Inform talent development strategies to address sector needs statewide and regionally through strategic partnerships with employers, industry leaders and educators
Develop academic pathways which articulate academic/career progression routes with on-off ramps from pre-college to workforce for an increasingly diverse student population

6. K-12 to College to Work Pathways
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
K-12 to College to Work Pathways
STEM Starter Academy
The SSA initiative is intended to support community colleges’ efforts to inform, engage, recruit, retain, and graduate significantly more students and enhance their success in STEM pathway programs leading to job placements or 4-year college transfer.
MassTransfer
Provide community college students who complete associate degrees and enroll in linked MassTransfer programs with the full transfer of credit, guaranteed admission, and a tuition discount (each based on final GPA); and
Commonwealth Dual Enrollment/Early College High School
Offering college level coursework at the high school level, working to create more clear pathways in the chasm between high school and postsecondary study.

7. Focus on Computer Science/IT
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Focus on Computer Science/IT
Public mission impacts students and employers—need to build more opportunities for students, meet skills gap in high demand opportunities in the Massachusetts innovation economy. Completed Technology Talent report in 2014, highlighting gap between graduation rates in technology fields and job openings in the field.
Up and down the pipeline
Advance the agenda of key constituencies

8. Cybersecurity Consortium
Department of Higher Education Strategy
Cybersecurity Consortium
Cybersecurity emerged as a necessary focal point to our work, given the immense growth in need for cybersecurity employment
DHE issued an RFP calling for the formation of a Cybersecurity Collaboration Consortium
With the goal of linking efforts in cybersecurity program development on MA public campuses to more effectively meet the skyrocketing demand for security professionals in Massachusetts, by:
leveraging DHE’s investment to link existing cybersecurity academic pathways and develop further pathways across multiple campuses
deepen collaboration and sharing among public campuses in cybersecurity specifically, particularly in the area of curriculum sharing and development;
determine specific cybersecurity program demand capacity required based on data analysis;
build deeper links with employer partners to enable more students to participate in internship opportunities;
continue to enhance connected and stackable pathways

9. Cybersecurity Consortium
BATEC/DHE Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Consortium
Five public campuses with clear and articulated pathways in cybersecurity:

10. Cybersecurity Consortium
BATEC & DHE: Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Consortium
Scope of Work
Cybersecurity Workforce Research Study
(1) Bachelor of Science Degree at UMass Boston
(5) Associate in Science Degrees and (7) Stackable Certificates
Faculty Professional Development
Schedule of Completion
BS, CyberSecurity open for enrollment in Fall 2017
AS and Certificate offerings open for enrollment Fall 2015 and Fall 2016
Longer Term
Expansion of the BS to include a 2nd track
Expansion of the BS to include other U Mass campuses
Expansion of the scope to include other Community Colleges

11. Top Ten Takeaways BATEC/Burning Glass Cybersecurity Workforce Report
The field of CyberSecurity is pervasive.
The cybersecurity job landscape is large and growing, and offers strong employment opportunities across the economy.
CyberSecurity job postings remain open longer and are harder to fill than traditional IT jobs.
CyberSecurity jobs pay well.
Cybersecurity jobs break into seven key broad categories (listed in order of employer demand): Engineers, Managers, Analysts, Specialists, Architects, Auditors, and Consultants.
In 2014, there were 238,158 postings for cybersecurity-related jobs nationally. Cybersecurity jobs account for 11% of all IT jobs.
Cybersecurity postings have grown 91% from This growth rate is faster than IT jobs generally (28% growth). Massachusetts Growth has been 92%.
Cybersecurity posting advertise a 9% salary premium over IT jobs overall.
Cybersecurity job postings took 8% longer to fill than IT job postings overall.
The demand for certificated cybersecurity talent is outstripping supply. In the U.S., employers posted 49,493 jobs requesting a CISSP, recruiting from a pool of only 65,362 CISSP holders nationwide.
© 2015 Burning Glass Technologies

12. Top Ten Takeaways BATEC/Burning Glass Cybersecurity Workforce Report
The strongest growth in job postings is for the entry level roles of Specialist, Analyst and Auditor.
Workforce opportunities in cybersecurity exist for job seekers of all educational levels.
The career pathway in CyberSecurity has reasonable definition.
There is a career transition opportunity for returning veterans.
The workforce challenge can be best addressed when employers, educators, and policymakers work together in close collaboration.

13. Cybersecurity Workforce-National
BATEC/Burning Glass Cybersecurity Workforce Report
Cybersecurity Workforce-National
Seven broad job categories
235,138 postings nationwide

14. Cybersecurity Workforce-Boston
BATEC/Burning Glass Cybersecurity Workforce Report
Cybersecurity Workforce-Boston
Seven broad job categories
6,918 job postings in Greater Boston
Source: Burning Glass Technologies (2014)

15. Consortium Development
BATEC and DHE: Cybersecurity
Consortium Development
Shared Curriculum Development
Curriculum based on frameworks developed by:
National Initiative in Cybersecurity Education (NICE) of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (partnership which includes the National Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security
Several Campuses working to meet NICE standards and CAE accreditation (through NSA/DHS)
Pathways developed at 2 year institutions articulated with 4 year program at UMass Boston
Programs developed in partnership with industry leaders, with significant input from MITRE, as well as MIT Lincoln Labs, Raytheon, IBM

16. Academic Pathways—Degrees
BATEC and DHE: Cybersecurity
Academic Pathways—Degrees
University of Massachusetts
BS, CyberSecurity – Secure Programming Concentration
BS, CyberSecurity – Information Assurance Concentration
Bunker Hill Community College
AS, Information Technology Security Option
MassBay Community College
AS, CyberSecurity
Middlesex Community College
AS, Computer Forensics
AS, Computer Science - Secure Software Development
AS, Information Technology – CyberSecurity
Quinsigamond Community College
AS, Computer Systems Engineering Technology - Forensics Option

17. Academic Pathways—Certificates
BATEC and DHE: Cybersecurity
Academic Pathways—Certificates
Bunker Hill Community College
FT Certificate, Computer Forensics
Certificate, Computer Forensics
FT Certificate, Information Technology Security
Certificate, Information Technology Security
MassBay Community College
Certificate, CyberSecurity
Certificate, Advanced CyberSecurity
Middlesex Community College
Certificate, Digital Forensics
Certificate, Entry-level CyberSecurity
Quinsigamond Community College
Certificate, Computer Systems Engineering Technology - Computer Forensics
Certificate, Computer Systems Engineering Technology - CyberSecurity

18. Program outcomes BATEC Cybersecurity Consortium
Bunker Hill Community College—
BHCC faculty helped support curriculum development at other CC’s
Currently 175 students enrolled in Cybersecurity programs
Middlesex Community College--
145 student in 2 year transfer program
Updated computer forensics program
MassBay Community College
Enrollments in new AS degree program this fall
Pursuing CAE-2Y accreditation
Quinsigamond Community College
Updated Cybersecurity certificate and Computer Forensics degree
Working towards CAE2Y accreditation
UMass Boston
4 year degree program scheduled to begin enrollments in Fall 2017, all four of the community college cybersecurity degrees will transfer to the UMB degree

19. Best Practices and Challenges
BATEC and DHE: Cybersecurity
Best Practices and Challenges
Best Practices
Shared learning
Clear 2-4 year pathway for students, developed in collaboration between campuses
Industry input and insight into priorities and curriculum
Understanding where your students are coming from and where they’re going
Continued Challenges:
Need for further employer relationships, internship experiences for students
Challenge meeting demand for faculty given competitive marketplace
Openness of employers to hiring students with Associate’s degrees
Hardware and equipment demands
Need for security clearances

20. Other Key Drivers BATEC/DHE Cybersecurity
University of Massachusetts Task Force Report
The University of Massachusetts, in 2014, assembled a system wide (five campus) task force to report on the University’s collective position in CyberSecurity; A key finding of the report was the recommendation encouraging each of the campuses to pursue CAE designation and supported to develop the 4 year curriculum.
Testimony of Dr. Jim Kurose, National Science Foundation
Dr. Kurose, the Assistant Director for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, testified to Congress, in 2015, that cyber-enabled systems (mobile platforms, wireless networks and cloud computing) expand the scope of attacks critical infrastructure in areas such as manufacturing, energy production and consumption, healthcare, and transportation.
Cybersecurity Workforce Research
Burning Glass Technologies, a data-driven real-time labor market firm, reports Cyber related attacks are growing at an annual rate of 38%, and that employment demand has grown 91% in five years.
Cyber Ventures Research
CVR’s 2016 report identifies Massachusetts as home to 35 of the most innovative CyberSecurity firms.
The Commonwealth ranks 3rd with 13 of the top 100 firms across the country