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Publication Date: 2018-Dec
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Infrastructure Tools for Efficient Cybersecurity Exercises
Marquardson, Jim
Information Systems Education Journal, v16 n6 p23-30 Dec 2018
Academics are responding to the call from industry for graduates armed with cybersecurity skills. A common challenge that educators face is creating effective cybersecurity curriculum that prepares students with practical skills upon graduation. While hands-on exercises are a powerful method for teaching and assessing cybersecurity skills, these exercises can be difficult to create, require large infrastructure investment, or waste valuable learning time simply configuring the learning environment. In recent years, industry has demanded increased infrastructure automation. These tools have matured and help make provisioning and configuring hardware and software easier. Infrastructure automation tools can help cybersecurity educators create exercises that can scale without adding substantial burden on the educators.
Descriptors: Information Security, Information Science Education, Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Industry, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Automation, Computer Security, Computer Simulation, College Students
Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals. Box 488, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480. e-mail: publisher@isedj.org; Web site: http://isedj.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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