Information Security Education: Educational Strategies for Developing the Future Cybersecurity Workforce

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th IFIP WG 11.8 World Conference on Information Security Education, WISE-IFIP 2026, held in Perth, Australia, during June 9–11, 2026.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions.The papers cover the following topical sections: Curriculum Design and Pedagogical Frameworks for Cybersecurity Education; Experiential Learning in Cybersecurity: Simulations, Games and Scenario-Based Approaches; Workforce Readiness and Professional Development in Cybersecurity; and Human Factors, Security Behavior and Cybersecurity Awareness.