Title: Explore careers in hospitality and tourism affected by cybersecurity.
Course: Cybersecurity in Family and Consumer Sciences, Advanced (19299-II) > Section: Analyzing Cybersecurity in Hospitality and Tourism

Exploration includes using online job research and job posting sites such as

- Virginia Employment Commission
- CyberSeek
- O*Net OnLine
- Virginia Education Wizard
- USAJobs.gov
- Scholarship for Service.

Also, exploration may include

- describing the vulnerability of the chip card
- describing the issues found with the Europay-Mastercard-Visa (EMV)-compliant point-of-sale (POS) systems
- describing issues with mobile pay platforms
- identifying the exposure involved in orally relaying information to an agent
- identifying the information (e.g., contact details, travel itinerary, birthdays) that these venues maintain
- describing issues with sharing personal data and travel services
- describing issues with compromise of rewards programs, third-party vendors data, affiliated companies
- understanding varying government identity requirements.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is the relationship between emerging technologies and cybersecurity career pathways?
- What careers in hospitality and tourism are affected by cybersecurity?

Communication

- What attributes are needed to become a professional within cybersecurity?
- How can hospitality and tourism professionals learn of cybersecurity factors that affect the industry?

Leadership

- How can professionals stay current in maintaining sensitive institutional data?

Management

- How can employers maintain profitability while addressing critical cybersecurity factors?

Teacher Resource:

- Virginia Space Grant Consortium's free video series, Breaking the Code on a Career in Cybersecurity, which features interviews with cyber professionals about their career pathways