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Thu 16 Mar 2023 13:45 - 14:10 at 701A - Teaching and Assessing Cybersecurity Chair(s): Reza Jafari

Numerous institutions are developing cybersecurity education and training programs to supply the considerable global demand for cybersecurity professionals. However, these institutions face a barrier in building realistic laboratory environments, commonly referred to as {em cyber ranges}, needed for hands-on skills development. Cybersecurity labs differ from traditional computing labs in both size and complexity, often requiring distinct components to represent network configurations, adversarial computing, and defense mechanisms. We present an open-source cloud-based cybersecurity lab solution, enabling broader access to cybersecurity education by reducing cost and complexity barriers. The solution already serves over a thousand students each year on the Google Cloud Platform in a variety of learning environments. In this paper, we describe the solution’s architecture and deployment characteristics. Additionally, we present challenges educational institutions have when using cloud infrastructure and our approaches to addressing these challenges.

Thu 16 Mar

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13:45 - 15:00
Teaching and Assessing CybersecurityPapers at 701A
Chair(s): Reza Jafari Virginia Tech, USA
13:45
25m
Paper
Cyber Arena: An Open-Source Solution for Scalable Cybersecurity Labs in the CloudIn-Person
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Philip Huff University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Sandra Leiterman University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Jan Springer University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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14:10
25m
Paper
Psychometric Evaluation of the Cybersecurity Curriculum AssessmentIn-PersonCER Best Paper
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Geoffrey Herman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Shan Huang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Peter Peterson University of Minnesota Duluth, Linda Oliva University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Enis Golaszewski University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Alan Sherman University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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