Construction of a "Three Dimensions, Four Stages, Five Enhancements" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training System for Information Security Majors Under the Background of Emerging Engineering Education

Abstract

Emerging engineering education prioritizes industry-education integration, interdisciplinary innovation and practical training, which fits the national cybersecurity strategy’s need for interdisciplinary information security talents. Nevertheless, the current innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) training for information security majors in Xinjiang suffers from fragmented procedures, unsystematic progressive design and unclear training goals. Such drawbacks fail to satisfy the talent demands of emerging fields such as zero-trust security and industrial internet security. Guided by emerging engineering education concepts, this study adopts constructivism and competency-based education theories alongside industry-education integration principles to construct a closed-loop I&E training system with three-dimensional linkage, four-stage progression and five-dimensional improvement. It elaborates the system’s framework, core connotations and operational mechanisms, and proposes three training paths: expanded knowledge teaching, practice-driven competency enhancement, and project-based I&E cultivation. This paper designs a four-stage training chain of awareness, initiation, practice and incubation, and defines five core objectives covering innovative awareness, thinking, spirit, practical ability and achievement transformation. This research provides theoretical references and a feasible paradigm for the I&E training of information security majors in local universities.