Cybersecurity Taxonomy: Research and knowledge areas

In this paper, we proposed a taxonomy to relate areas of knowledge with cybersecurity research. The structure of the taxonomy integrates various areas of knowledge applied in research, congresses, certifications, tools and work roles defined in the ACM curriculum. Through the proposed taxonomy, students in science and engineering can find lines of research and knowledge generated in the field of cybersecurity. In this way, the generation of academic projects and research related to cybersecurity is promoted. The proposal aims to reduce the gap in the search for bibliographic sources by allowing the addition in academic curricula in engineering and science careers. This contributes to the development of new work roles and research methodologies generating knowledge through the cases of cyber-attack suffered by organizations. The basis of the proposed taxonomy is based on the integration of the ACM curriculum with the NICE framework and the topics most relevant to the understanding of cybersecurity. The proposal was validated based on the judgment of experts in higher education resulting in a 54% improvement in the level of knowledge in cybersecurity lines generated by the proposed taxonomy.