MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 3.4 Training in Cybernetic Security The country is acknowleged for the important investment made on the education sector; by constitutional mandate the country dedicates 8% of the Gross Domestic Product to (GDP) education. Being a highly relevant area for the country, incorporation of ICT into education, has also been considered a national priority, and there are diverse projects since the late 80’s. At present, MEP, MICITT and SUTEL, in unison to other public organizations, nongovernmental, private, academic and civil society have implemented projects to narrow the gaps in education through the use of ICT, employing resources of the National Telecommunications Fund (FONATEL). The objective of these initiatives has been to transform teaching and learning processes through the universal access to broadband connectivity, mobile technologies and the education support instruments of ICT for teachers and students. At present 63% of educational institutions at secondary level have a computer laboratory, compared to 23% for primary schools 33 and efforts are on the way to improve these figures. As refers to the training of professionals, public and private universities offer careers with graduate, post-graduate and specializations34 in themes related to ICT; however, not necessarily including specializations in Cybernetic Security, except for a private education center which offer training at master’s level. The program of this post-graduate in Cybersecurity, is oriented to the training of professionals of information and communication security; in the development of technical and management abilities, as well as an introduction to the required theoretical aspects in this field. To complete the program, students must perform two applied research projects, with the incorporation of the learned concepts, to solve a cybernetic security problem in the real world. This program is supported by a series of multinational ICT companies; notwithstanding since this career is in the Use of ICT on Latin America and the Caribbean’s education – Regional analysis of ICT’s integration and digital aptitudel (e-readiness) - UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Communication/Documents/ictregional-survey-lac-2012-sp.pdf 34 In diverse subjects as: computers and informatics, telematics and networks, information systems, IT management, project managements, IT audits and data base systems engineering. 33 - 31 www.micitt.go.cr