IA Tutorials and Workshops for Educators

我们将通过举办为期两年的信息保障教育系列研讨会，提高美国高等教育企业培养信息保障和计算机安全领域专业人员的能力。讲习班的目标受众是负责教授与信息保障问题有关或可能有关的课程的大学教育工作者。 每个研讨会的形式是三个连续的会议：辅导会议，审阅论文会议和工作会议。这一系列课程使新的从业者了解信息保障的基础知识，为有经验的从业者提供了一个提出新想法进行讨论的机会，并允许两组人员在解决问题的背景下进行互动，为研讨会提出的问题制定解决方案。论文会议为介绍和讨论该领域最近的教学和技术进展提供了一个论坛。工作会议的活动鼓励就当前信息保障教育问题进行创造性的互动。有经验和没有经验的从业人员定期聚集和混合的一个重要影响是增强IA教育工作者的社区意识，促进提供信息保证课程和计划的机构之间的合作和对话。多年的格式允许教师花时间在自己的环境中，并返回到车间与经验的问题和见解。讲习班的产出将包括用于课堂演示和示范的示范材料以及用于实验室实验的示范材料。一个特别的重点是确保目前在IA教育界代表性不足的人口群体的参与。拟议活动的净效果是直接提高国家在信息保障方面的教育能力，并将信息保障的知识和专长扩展到更能代表国家概况的一系列参与者。

We will increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to produce professionals in the fields of Information Assurance (IA) and computer security by hosting a two-year series of workshops for education in Information Assurance. The target audience of the workshops is college-level educators who have responsibility for teaching curricula that are, or could be, related to Information Assurance issues. The format for each workshop is three sequential sessions: a tutorial session, a refereed paper session, and a working session. This sequence allows newer practitioners to become knowledgeable about the basics of IA, provides an opportunity for experienced practitioners to present new ideas for discussion, and allows both groups to interact in a problem solving context to develop solutions for point issues presented by the workshop.The tutorial sessions educate faculty about the fundamentals of information assurance and computer security and improves their instructional capability in these areas. The paper session provides a forum for presentation and discussion of recent pedagogical and technical advances in the field. Activities in the working session encourage creative interaction regarding current issues for education in Information Assurance. A significant effect of the periodic gathering and commingling of experienced and inexperienced practitioners is to enhance the sense of community for IA educators, fostering collaboration and dialogue among institutions offering courses and programs in Information Assurance. The multi-year format allows faculty to spend time in their own environment and return to the workshop with experiential questions and insight. The output of the workshops will include model materials for classroom presentation and demonstration, as well as example materials for laboratory experimentation. A particular emphasis is ensuring participation of demographic groups currently underrepresented in the IA education community. The net effect of the proposed activities is to directly increase the national capacity for education in Information Assurance as well as to extend the knowledge and expertise of IA to a range of participants that is more representative of the national profile.