History repeats itself. That is the premise of the paper. Since the 1960s, there has been a lot of discussion and standards/organizations/certificates/buzzwords on security, with a lot of duplicate work. The paper is very timely in this era of security breaches; it is very easy to read and understand.

The author emphasizes the point that both breadth and depth are needed, something I completely agree with. Some of the old and current standards/certificates focus on depth, while others focus on breadth. In cybersecurity, an individual needs to have a deep understanding of each field (for example, how a firewall works), but also needs to have knowledge of other fields (such as antivirus systems) to be competent. The author provides good examples for valuing both breadth and depth.

The article’s conclusion is about the possibilities opened by the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. SFS provides a full scholarship to students studying cybersecurity, with the stipulation that they have to work in the federal government after graduation. This will produce knowledgeable and skilled individuals working to protect the US government.