Collaborative Research: Enhancing Curriculum and Faculty Development on Information Assurance and Security through Real World Relevant Portable Laboratory

南方理工州立大学(SPSU)和田纳西州立大学(TSU)正在联合开发一种新的信息保障与安全(IAS)教学方法。正在开发基于便携式实验室的课程材料，并将其纳入计算机科学(CS)和信息技术(IT)课程。这项工作正在更新IAS课程的内容，强调通过使用便携式实验室的实践体验来实现移动安全。结果是一套涵盖IAS核心知识领域的材料，以及一个可用于IAS在线课程的便携式实验室，提供对真实世界情况的动手体验。这项工作正在对国家IAS工作人员产生重大影响，目标是来自代表性不足的群体的学生。实验室设备是根据IEEE/ACM计算机科学课程2013中的IAS课程建议设计的，并基于PI？有信息安全方面的教学和研究经验。本实验由5个自成一体的学习模块组成。学习模块可以根据课程的内容和时间量身定制，以适应教师的需要。该实验室软件涵盖了安全和重要的移动威胁/攻击的基本概念以及对策。每个模块包括实验前活动(概念介绍和实验准备)、动手实验活动(每门课程中关于领域概念和安全问题的动手实验对)和实验后活动(复习问题、作业和案例研究)。正在对项目进行评估，以确定学习模块对学生学习结果和教学效果的影响。正在使用内部(自我)和外部评价。项目的内部评价由每个私人投资机构进行，外部评价由学术界和工业界的个人进行。评估数据由一个外部评估员小组进行评估，该小组由一名来自学术界的评估员和一名来自产业界的评估员组成。

Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), and Tennessee State University (TSU) are jointly developing a new information assurance and security (IAS) teaching methodology. Curricular materials based on a portable lab are being developed and integrated into Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT) courses. This work is renovating the content of the IAS curriculum by emphasizing mobile security through hands-on experience using a portable Lab. The result is a full set of materials covering the core knowledge area on IAS, and a portable lab that can be used in online courses on IAS, providing hands-on experience with real-world situations. This work is having a significant impact on the national IAS workforce and is targeting students from underrepresented groups.The labware is designed according to the IAS curriculum recommendations in the IEEE/ACM Computer Science Curricula 2013, and based on the PIs? teaching and research experience in information security. The labware consists of 5 self-contained learning modules. Learning modules may be tailored to accommodate an instructor's need based on content and time of a course. The labware covers fundamental concepts in security and important mobile threats/attacks along with countermeasures. Each module includes pre-lab activities (concept introduction and lab preparation), hands-on lab activities (pairs of hands-on labs on domain concepts and security issues in each subject), and post-lab activities (review questions, assignments, and case study).The project is being evaluated to determine the impact of the learning modules on student learning outcomes and teaching effectiveness. Both internal (self) and external evaluations are being used. Internal evaluations are conducted by each of the PIs for the project and external evaluations are conducted by individuals from academia and industry. Evaluation data is assessed by a team of external evaluators consisting of an evaluator from academia and an evaluator from industry.