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This research contributes to the knowledge of how Information Systems (IS) researchers can iteratively intervene with practitioners to co-create instructional programs for fast-paced, rapidly changing IS fields such as cybersecurity. We demonstrate how complex fields such as cybersecurity have the need for a talented workforce which continues to rapidly outpace supply from Universities. IS researchers partnering with practitioners can use this research as an exemplar of a method to design, build and evaluate these innovative co-curricular IS programs.
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Daniel, C., Mullarkey, M., Agrawal, M. (2022). RQ Labs: A Cybersecurity Workforce Talent Program Design. In: Krishnan, R., Rao, H.R., Sahay, S.K., Samtani, S., Zhao, Z. (eds) Secure Knowledge Management In The Artificial Intelligence Era. SKM 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1549. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97532-6_10
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