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The State of the Practice Integrating Security in ABET Accredited Software Engineering Programs

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session II

Tagged Division

Software Engineering Division (SWED)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

18

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44487

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/44487

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146

Paper Authors

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Walter W. Schilling Jr. Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Walter Schilling is a Professor in the Software Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his B.S.E.E. from Ohio Northern University and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Toledo. He worked for Ford Motor Company and Visteon as an Embedded Software Engineer for several years prior to returning for doctoral work. He has spent time at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and consulted for multiple embedded systems companies in the Midwest. In addition to one U.S. patent, Schilling has numerous publications in refereed international conferences and other journals. He received the Ohio Space Grant Consortium Doctoral Fellowship and has received awards from the IEEE Southeastern Michigan and IEEE Toledo Sections. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and ASEE. At MSOE, he coordinates courses in software verification, real time systems, operating systems, and cybersecurity topics.

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Abstract

Within the software engineering discipline, concerns related to security continue to grow. Since the early 2000’s, the number of cyberattacks against deployed software systems has significantly grown. In 2014, recognizing this concern, a modification to the ABET EAC program accreditation criteria for software engineering was made, explicitly requiring topical coverage of security for accredited programs. Since taking effect in 2016, all programs in software engineering have been required to demonstrate appropriate coverage of the topic as part of the accreditation process. While the criteria requires that the topic of security be covered, the implementation has been left open to individual programs.

This article serves two purposes. First and foremost, it provides an updated status on the demographics of accredited software engineering programs. In doing so, it also provides a snapshot of the state of the practice of how security is integrated into program curricula by analyzing the 37 domestic ABET accredited bachelors’ programs in software engineering. The article will identify at a high level the topics that are covered in the programs, as well as provide an overview of other aspects of the institutions which impact the depth and breadth of security coverage available to undergraduate students.

Schilling, W. W. (2023, June), The State of the Practice Integrating Security in ABET Accredited Software Engineering Programs Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44487

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