CyberPaths Interdisciplinary Modules Xiangyang Li and Xenia Mountrouidou
Outline Project cyber paths general education modules – Xiangyang Finance Module Political Science Module General Education & Intro to Cyber Security - Xenia 11/8/2018
Standalone Module Type Topics PUI/LIA Curriculum Legal issues in CySec Case study, essay, discussion HIPPA/FERPA, Computer Security Act, Laws and Authorities, US Patriot Act Political Science International Studies Social Science Management Strategic Plan and Management, Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Economics Leadership Social Science Human Factors Case study, essay, discussion, hands on exercise Privacy, Passwords, Usable Security Humanities Social Science Attacks and Defense GENI experiment IDS, Traffic, Log Analysis, performance Technology Cryptography Hands on exercise Cryptograms, ciphers, encryption, decryption Network components and traffic Traffic and performance analysis, protocol introduction 11/8/2018
Finance Module Module design Lecture slides financial investment basics cybersecurity investment specific materials Case study on Target breach There are other resources! Gordon-Loeb Cybersecurity Investment Model 11/8/2018
Political Science General Education Module Lecture slides on cyber warfare and international conflict Case study assignment Ukraine power grid attack Role play and analysis International Conflict Stuxnet Denial of Service as a weapon Goals: Gain an appreciation about attacks and cyberwar Research about international laws and policies 11/8/2018
General education @ CofC FYE: First Year Experience Writing Foreign Language History Humanities Mathematics & Logic Natural Science Social Sciences 11/8/2018
FYE: First Year Experience – Chasing Ghosts in the Wires http://mountrouidoux.people.cofc.edu/FYE_CySec/calendar.html Introductory knowledge: Bits & Bytes Computer Architecture Software and Operating Systems 11/8/2018
FYE: First Year Experience – Chasing Ghosts in the Wires Basic Command Line CIANA Risks, threats, vulnerabilities Laws and policies International conflict Authentication &Passwords Computer Networks & Security Social Engineering 11/8/2018
FYE Course Design Project - Open Ended Topic: IoT, Software, Human Factors, Business and cybersecurity - Specific topic: Elections 2016 Labs - Virtualization - Command Line - Hello GENI - DDos Attack & Defense -Passwords - Ransomware Case Studies - Poli Sci: cyber war, Stuxnet, Esthonia - Humanities: Social Engineering, Privacy, Ethics 11/8/2018
Assessment Pre, post surveys Focus Groups Publications Table I Profile of Entering Students Programming Experience? Programming Semesters Math Years Science Years Yes 42.2% 57.7% 3 3.3% 10% No 1 24.4% 4 74.4% 83.3% >1 14.5% >5 22.2 6.6% Pre, post surveys Focus Groups Publications CCSC-SE 2016: “Denial of Service Lab for Experiential Cyber Security Learning”, Ledford, Mountrouidou, Li ITiCSE 2018: “Cybersecurity in Liberal Arts General Education Curriculum”, Mountrouidou, Li, Burke. CISSE 2018 11/8/2018
Assessment Results Q1 Compared to other students in this class, I feel I know a lot about computers Q2 I am confident in my problem solving ability. Q3 I am confident in my ability to persist until a solution is found. Q4 I am confident in my ability to meet unexpected challenges with success. Q5 I enjoy being challenged by seemingly unsolvable situations or problems. 11/8/2018
Assessment Results Q1 I am confident in the security of my own online accounts (e.g., banking, email, social, media). Q2 Cyber security is an important issue facing the country. Q3 Cyber security is an important topic of study for computer science students. Q4 Cyber security is an important topic of study for all students 11/8/2018
Conclusions & Future Work Cybersecurity workforce can be diversified with liberal arts students Experiential cybersecurity learning does not have to be expensive Realistic experiential learning attracts students to cybersecurity Future of project cyber paths: GENI labs SIGCSE Workshop Continuous support, research, and development
Resources Train the TA – posted in GENI educators google group https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/geni- educators/train$20the$20TA%7Csort:date GENI Summer Workshops – posted in http://www.geni.net/ GENI Experimenter Wiki - http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GENIExperimenter GENI google groups GENI Users: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/geni-users GENI in Education https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/geni-educators
GENI Cyber Security and Computer Networks Labs http://blogs.cofc.edu/cyberpaths/modules/ https://github.com/mundruid/CyberPaths/ http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/geni/geniExercises/
Thank you! Questions?