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Reimagining Cybersecurity and AI Education in Information Technology Domains
Thursday June 25, 2026 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
BLDG T-925
Cybersecurity—and more recently, artificial intelligence—has become pervasive across computing education, including Information Technology Systems (ITS). Long before cybersecurity was formally recognized as a distinct discipline, its principles were deeply embedded within IT practice and instruction. While cybersecurity now stands as its own domain, many IT areas continue to rely heavily on its foundations. At the same time, emerging competencies driven by AI adoption are reshaping what is uniquely essential to the IT field.

This work revisits the core concepts central to ITS and examines how they must evolve in response to AI integration. We argue for the development of updated professional competencies and dispositions that reflect the realities of modern IT practice, where cybersecurity awareness, adversarial thinking, and AI literacy are inseparable from system administration, networking, and infrastructure management. By reframing these competencies, this paper contributes a perspective for aligning IT education with contemporary technological and workforce demands.
Speakers
avatar for Ivan Alonso

Ivan Alonso

Assistant Professor, El Paso Community College
Ivan Alonso is a Computer Science and Information Technology Systems Professor at El Paso Community College with expertise in software engineering and computing education. Ivan Alonso holds a Master of Science in Software Engineering with a concentration in Secure Cyber-Systems, with... Read More →
avatar for Sandra Gorka

Sandra Gorka

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Sandra Gorka is a Professor of Computer Science and former Department Head of Information Technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, where she has taught since 1997. Although she retired in 2024, she is a part-time instructor. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Miller

Jacob Miller

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Dr. Miller earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Delaware and a B.A. in Mathematics with a Computer Science concentration from Shippensburg University. After nearly a decade at IBM as a senior operations research analyst, he began a teaching career in 1997... Read More →
avatar for Christian Servin

Christian Servin

Professor, El Paso Community College
Dr. Christian Servín is a Professor of Computer Science at El Paso Community College and a national leader in computing education for two-year institutions. He serves as Chair of ACM SIGCITE, Vice-Chair of the ACM Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges (CCECC), and... Read More →
Thursday June 25, 2026 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
BLDG T-925
  AI Emerging Technologies and Risk Implications, Presentation

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