Collaborative Proposal: An Extensible Software Platform for a Virtual Cyber Security Laboratory

计算机科学(31)在这个合作项目中，五个机构正在开发用于计算机网络安全教学的课件。该课程包括一个用于虚拟网络安全实验室的开源软件平台和附带的实验作业，并基于其中两个机构以前由NSF资助的项目。正在开发的实验材料为学生提供了网络安全课程的实践经验。正在开发的课件使其他机构可以很容易地用很少的硬件创建自己的虚拟实验室，并且需要最低的维护和管理成本。该课程是可扩展的，因此其他人可以使用专门的模块对其进行增强。在关键信息基础设施保护方面，该项目提高了国家教育能力，增加了信息安全劳动力的新进入者，并增强了国家研发能力。

Computer Science (31)In this collaborative project, five institutions are developing courseware for teaching computer network security. The courseware comprises an open source software platform for a virtual cyber security laboratory and accompanying lab assignments and is based on prior NSF-funded projects at two of the institutions. The laboratory materials being developed give students hands-on experiences in cyber security courses.The courseware being developed makes it easy for other institutions to create their own virtual laboratories with very little hardware and requires minimal maintenance and administration cost. The courseware is extensible so others can augment it with specialized modules.With respect to critical information infrastructure protection, the project results in increased national capacity for education, new entrants to the information security workforce, and increased national research and development capabilities.