Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 1 CyberW rWatch tch - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 1

CyberW rWatch tch is an Advanced Technological Education Center funded by the National Science Foundation and located at Prince George’s Community College Missio ion: To improve the quality and quantity of the information assurance (IA) workforce Goals ls: Curriculum Development (College Level)  Faculty Development  Student Development  K-12 Pipeline  Dissemination and Outreach  2

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 Model Degree and Certificate Programs  Model courses and course modules  Articulations  Mapping to CNSS standards  Support for the new CAE2Y Program  Online courses; QM rubric  Virtual Lab 2.0 6

 Virtual Lab – Montgomery College  Digital Forensics Lab – University of Maryland  CyberWatch Underground – Bowie State University 7

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 Workshops/Institutes /Conferences, e.g.: ◦ Certified Ethical Hacking ◦ Secure Programming ◦ CISSP Training  Second Life Island for faculty training  Faculty Graduate Program 9

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 Internships, Scholarships, Career Placements  Student Competitions: ◦ Mid-Atlantic Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) ◦ Digital Forensics Challenge ◦ Security Awareness Poster/Video Contest ◦ New competition for CCs ◦ US CyberChallenge 11

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 CAE2Y program support, mentoring  CyberWatch membership expansion  CSSIA transition  NIST-NICE role  New ATE Centers and Projects: CyberWatch West, SECURE IT, CCX, new project proposals in New York, Louisiana, & Texas 17

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 K-12 Div ivis ision Goals ls inclu lude e increa easin ing: ◦ The I IA workforce p pipeline ◦ Comm mmunity a awareness of IA w workforce ce ◦ Comm mmunity a awareness of C3 C3-Cybe beret ethics, S Safety y and Sec Security, a and d ◦ Securit ity o of K-12 I 12 IT T systems ms 20

◦ Informal after school programs  Mindtools (4-5)  JR. CyberwarriorProgram (6-8) ◦ Summer Cyberwarrior high school programs Formal Lesson Plans High School Clubs 4H Virus Attack Program Simulation Girl Scouts

5 Conte tent M t Module les  Computational Logic/Programming—Scripting  Cryptography  Digital Ethics, Safety and Security  System Vulnerabilities  Digital Forensics ◦ Grade bands 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12 ◦ Tied to national and state standards and partnering school system math, science & technology curriculum, students engage in hands-on STEM activities and improve digital literacy skills while learning and applying concepts through gaming, modeling and simulation development. ◦ Speakers and field trips ◦ The central focus is the field of IA, but supported by the too often neglected topics of citizen awareness of Cyberethics, safety and security.

Annual Careers in IA/IS Guidance Counselors Workshop Cool Careers in Cybersecurity for Girls PD Opportunities and Speaking Topics Annual C3 Conference

 Cybere rethic ics, C Cybe bersafety a and d Cyber ersec ecurity ( (C3) C Confer eren ence  Cool C Care reers in in Cybe bers rsecuri rity f for r Girls irls C Conference  Care reers in in IS/IA a and d Dig Digit ital F l Fore rensics for r Guida idance C Counselors rs W Work rkshop  After S r School E l Ele lementary ry a and d Middle iddle School ol  High S School ool Summe mmer Programs ms  CW CW K K12 Co 12 Content  Clu lubs bs 24

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 CW 110 Computer Ethics (can also make use of Simulation Case studies via NSF grant)  CW 130 Understanding Operating Systems  CW 160 Computer Security, Security+  CW 150/151 Networking—w/ some existing track course (Cisco 1 & 2)  Other ideas  CW 230 Windows 2003 Server  CW 235 Network Defense and Countermeasures Foundation needed for: CompTIA’s Security + Cisco CCNA Preparation certificate Apply credits IA A.A.S. degree CISSP Prep Exam WIRESHARK Certified network Analyst CCENT Cert

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 HS Netwo workin ing S Securit ity Competit itio ion  Mid Mid-Atla lantic ic C CCDC H High S School l Activ ivit ities ies: March 1 10-12 12, 2011 2011 ◦ Hig igh s school s l shado dowing a and d activ ivities f for r HS stude dents  MD MD U US Cyber yber C Challenge: MD Ju July 1 11-15 15 a and J July 18 18-22 22 ◦ MD D HS stude dents A AND t D teachers rs ◦ 4 full ll da days of in instru ructio ion f follo llowed by d by capt pture re t the f fla lag exercis ise  2011 S Summe mer Cybersecurity P Pathways P PD ◦ For t teac achers t teac aching CTE CTE trac ack ◦ VMware & & CCN CCNA  C3 S School ools Initiative ( (Cyber S School ools)  CyberMa Maryl yland  C3 S Stude dent/Edu ducator N Newsletter  Journal of Cybereth thics, S Safety ty a and S Security ty E Educati tion 29

Thank You! Dr. Margaret Leary mleary@nvcc.edu Dr. Davina Pruitt-Mentle dpruitt@edtechpolicy.org