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DESCRIPTION:Committee:  Drs. Michelle Cheatham\, Advisor\, Yong Pei\, and M
 ateen RizkiABSTRACT:Career opportunities for malware analysts are growing 
 at a fast pace due to the evolving nature of cyber threats as well as the 
 necessity to counter them. However\, employers are often unable to hire an
 alysts fast though due to a lack of the required skillset. Hence\, the pri
 mary purpose of the thesis is to conduct a gap analysis between the binary
  analysis skills taught in universities with those that the recruiters are
  looking for. Malware can be analyzed using three main types of tools and 
 techniques: high-level profiling\, static analysis and dynamic analysis. T
 hese methods provide detailed information about the functionality and beha
 vior of the binary executable. To determine the relevant courses taught in
  universities\, three different set of universities were used which consis
 ted of the NSA accredited colleges\, top universities in computer science 
 and top cybersecurity colleges across the world. Based on the analysis\, i
 t can be observed that there are few universities that offer cybersecurity
  programs\, among which very few offer a course in malware analysis. To sh
 ortlist the skills necessary for career opportunities in the field of malw
 are analysis\, a list of job descriptions from three employment-related so
 cial networking sites\, LinkedIn\, Indeed and Glassdoor\, were collected. 
 From the inventory of job postings\, it can be noticed that most of the op
 enings require experience with malware and reverse engineering tools. The 
 dataset of university courses was compared and paralleled with the dataset
  of job descriptions using three analysis methods: LDAviz tool\, a word cl
 oud generator and a pie chart model. Based on the study\, it can be conclu
 ded that though there are very few universities that teach cyber security 
 analysis as part of their curriculum\, they are exceptionally doing well i
 n meeting the current needs of the industry. The only exception is a lack 
 of coverage of topics like threat analysis\, incident response\, and compu
 ter forensics. However\, it would be highly beneficial if all the schools 
 could expand their programs and offerings in the field of Malware analysis
  so that young talent could easily fill these roles.
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SUMMARY:Masters Thesis Defense “Malware Analysis Skills Taught in Universit
 y Courses” By Swetha Gorugantu
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