Enhancing Cyber Security Education Using Guided Inquiry Collaborative Learning (GICL)
Cybersecurity programs in universities and colleges need to produce cybersecurity professionals who not only have in-depth technical knowledge in cybersecurity, but also have “soft skills” including communication, enthusiasm and attitude, team work, networking, problem solving and critical thinking, and professionalism.
Cybersecurity Topics
Cryptography
Topic 1: Symmetric encryption
Topic 2: Public key encryption
Topic 3: Key Management
Access control
Topic 4: Discretionary access control (DAC)
Topic 5: Mandatory access control (MAC)
Network Security
Topic 6: Secure Network Protocols – IPSec 1, IPSec 2
Topic 7: Secure Network Protocols – SSL
Topic 8: Firewall
Topic 9: Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs)
Risk Management
Topic 10: Risk Analysis Part I and Part II
Web Security
Topic 11: Cross-Site Scripting & Defense
Topic 12: SQL Injection and Mitigation
Secure Coding
Topic 13: Buffer overflow
Topic 14: Input Validation
Topic 15: Integer Vulnerability
Surveys
- Cryptography pre-survey
- Cryptography post-survey
- Using Integer pre-survey
- Using Integer post-survey
- Input validation pre-survey
- Input validation post-survey
- Cross site scripting pre-survey
- Cross site scripting post-survey
- Intrusion detection pre-survey
- Intrusion detection post-survey
- DCA pre-survey
- DCA post-survey
- Team work survey