A laboratory based capstone course in computer security for undergraduates

O’Leary, Mike

doi:10.1145/1121341.1121346

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“…What is more, no laboratory infrastructure design alone appears to propose a model to address the system resource challenges. Resolving the system resource issues is particularly important when engaging learners in core cybersecurity exercises (Chatmon et al, 2010;Krishna et al, 2005;O'Leary, 2006). The inability to address the limitations resulting from utilization is compelling.…”

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Understanding System Utilization as a Limitation Associated with Cybersecurity Laboratories – A Literature Analysis

Pittman

2013

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Executive SummaryThe use of laboratories as part of cybersecurity education is well evidenced in the existing literature. We are informed about the benefits, different types of laboratories and, in addition, underlying learning theories therein. Existing research also demonstrates that the success of employing cybersecurity laboratory exercises relies upon controlling or minimizing potential challenges in the maintenance and usage of these laboratories. However, to date there has not been any effort to examine the possible limiting factors associated with system utilization in such laboratories.In order to begin addressing such laboratory system resource utilization factors, this study examined existing research with the objective to gain an understanding of system utilization as a limitation to employing cybersecurity laboratories as pedagogical tools. Understanding the potential issues and limiting factors is of benefit to researchers, laboratory designers, and managers, as well as to higher education institutions hosting such laboratories. To this end, this study analyzed 11 years of academic literature for themes of limiting factors related to system utilization.Analysis of the academic literature detected a reoccurring presence of system utilization issues as limiting factors within both hardware-based laboratories as well as virtualized laboratories. Furthermore, findings indicated that despite various attempts to resolve such utilization issues, the literature has yet to definitively do so. Concurrently, this study developed a taxonomy to conceptualize the evolution of, and relationships between, such literature.The full taxonomy is constructed over the course of seven diagrams and demonstrates the evolution of both the utilization issues documented in the literature as well as potential solutions. The diagrams incorporate successive groupings of literature into six tiers which are arranged according to the emergent themes. According to each emergent theme (e.g., transitioning from hardware-based laboratories to virtualized laboratories and associated, residual utilization issues), connections within the tier as well as external to the tier (forwards and backwards) are established.Ultimately, despite the success and effectiveness of cybersecurity laboratories, challenges related to system resource utilization continue to plague educators. What is more, no singular laboratory infrastructure design presents a model to address the system resource challenges. Thus, a need exists to create a cybersecurity laboratory design thatMaterial published as part of this publication, either on-line or in print, is copyrighted by the Informing Science Institute. Permission to make digital or paper copy of part or all of these works for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage AND that copies 1) bear this notice in full and 2) give the full citation on the first page. It is permissible to abstract these works so long as credit ...

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Understanding System Utilization as a Limitation Associated with Cybersecurity Laboratories – A Literature Analysis

Pittman

2013

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“…In [14], the students were presented with various handson exercises that included the use of defensive tools and techniques, as well as gaining practical experience on network set-up and configuration, such as password management, password cracking, reconnaissance techniques, logging and auditing, packet sniffers, intrusion detection, security analysis tools and so on.…”

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A Hacker's Perspective on Educating Future Security Experts

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Karakoidas

Vlachos

et al. 2011

2011 15th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics

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Information Systems Security experts should be able to confront new, unknown threats. Therefore, "out-of-the-box" thinking is a necessary skill which can not be taught using traditional educational methodologies. In order to introduce our students into the mentality of modern adversaries and cybercriminals we designed a course based on the well-established theoretical frameworks of Information Systems Security as well as the unconventional challenges which experienced hackers use for training newcomers. Moreover, we developed additional open source software tools which encourage the collaboration between students and confront plagiarism or cheating attempts during the exams. Our course in a Higher Education Institute has been enriched with the use of the Hackademic tool, a virtual framework that allows students to perform hacking attacks and penetration testing in a deliberately vulnerable, but isolated, safe and controlled environment.

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“…Pirmiausia apibrėžiamos specialistų pareigybės, vaidmenys ir reikiamų žinių sritys, nustatomi tarpusavio ryšiai ir tada parengiama mokymo programa (Whitman, Mattord, 2004). Bakalauro studijų programose taikomas praktinis savarankiško darbo metodas (O'Leary, 2006;Gutierrez, 2006). Siekiant pagilinti konkrečių dalykų, pvz., duomenų bazių, informacijos saugos žinias rengiami siauresnės srities moduliai (George, Valeva, 2006;Jones, Romney, 2004).…”

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Kompiuterių ir operacinių sistemų saugos modulio programos sudarymas

Venčkauskas¹,

Toldinas²,

Krivickienė³

2009

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Kauno technikos kolegijos lektorė, daktarė Kaunas Technical College, Lecturer, PhD Tvirtovės al. 35, LT-50155 Kaunas Tel. (8 37) 308 621 El. paštas: vitak@ktk.ltInformacinės technologijos turi tinkamai atlikti kontrolę, užtikrinančią informacijos saugą nuo įvairių pavojų -nepageidaujamo ar nesankcionuoto informacijos skleidimo, pakeitimo ar netekimo ir panašiai. Tarptautinių ir Lietuvos institucijų, tiriančių kompiuterių saugos incidentus, duomenimis, informacijos saugos pažeidimų skaičius nemažėja. Įvairūs tyrimai, atlikti Lietuvos valstybinių ir nepriklausomų organizacijų, rodo, kad Lietuvoje nėra specialių informacijos saugos specialistų rengimo studijų programų, nors jų poreikis yra akivaizdus. Europos ir JAV universitetuose kompiuterių saugos dalykai dėstomi įvairiais būdais -yra atskiros studijų programos arba saugos moduliai įtraukti į bendrąsias kompiuterių mokslo ar inžinerijos programas. Straipsnyje, išnagrinėjus Vakarų universitetų informacijos saugos studijų programas ir patirtį, siūloma Kompiuterių ir operacinių sistemų saugos modulio programa, apimanti svarbiausius informacijos saugos dalykus.

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A laboratory based capstone course in computer security for undergraduates

Cited by 21 publications

References 22 publications

Understanding System Utilization as a Limitation Associated with Cybersecurity Laboratories – A Literature Analysis

Understanding System Utilization as a Limitation Associated with Cybersecurity Laboratories – A Literature Analysis

A Hacker's Perspective on Educating Future Security Experts

Kompiuterių ir operacinių sistemų saugos modulio programos sudarymas

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