NDLI: A teaching prototype for educating IT security engineers in emerging environments

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Romney, G.W. Higby, C. Stevenson, B.R. Blackham, N.
Copyright Year	2004
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Inf. Technol., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA (Romney, G.W.; Higby, C.; Stevenson, B.R.; Blackham, N.)
Abstract	Many enterprises today do not have an information security program or anyone on staff who can help them manage the escalating security risks. Computer science, information technology (IT) and information systems see an urgent need to train students in Internet security but have limited or untrained resources available to enhance their curricula. Perceiving that students best learn information security by doing it, the IT program at Brigham Young University elected to initiate a security emphasis in its instruction by creating security courses and an experimental security laboratory. Students collaboratively prepare lectures and labs as part of an IT security teaching model. Their enthusiasm in using the security lab as a playground follows a pedagogical approach of active learning and persistent student-led teams. Students have architected, administered and operated two lab concepts, namely, (a) an isolated Sandbox security tab, and (b) a prototype network that could serve as a simple model for a small university and which does have external Internet connectivity that offers features for extensive wired and wireless deployment. Students created the security best practices and student security team used to manage this on-going, active experimental environment that served as the test-bed for evaluating security projects that deal with network hardening, vulnerability and intrusion prevention issues. This security teaching model served, and continues to serve, as a prototype for facilitating the education and preparation of urgently needed security engineers in emerging environments worldwide.
Sponsorship	Hewlett Packard Intel
Starting Page	662
Ending Page	667
File Size	371502
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780385969
DOI	10.1109/ITHET.2004.1358254
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2004-05-31
Publisher Place	Turkey
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer science Design engineering Education Prototypes Information security Management information systems Internet Risk management Information technology Computer security
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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