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（大津）正在联合开发一种新的信息保障和安全（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和信息技术课程。 这项工作是更新IAS课程的内容，通过使用便携式实验室的实践经验强调移动的安全性。其结果是一套完整的材料，涵盖了国际会计准则的核心知识领域，和一个便携式实验室，可用于国际会计准则的在线课程，提供实践经验与现实世界的情况。 这项工作对国家IAS劳动力产生了重大影响，并针对代表性不足的群体的学生。该实验室软件是根据IEEE/ACM计算机科学课程2013年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。该实验室由5个独立的学习模块组成。 学习模块可以根据课程的内容和时间进行调整，以适应教师的需要。 该实验室涵盖了安全和重要的移动的威胁/攻击沿着对策的基本概念。每个模块都包括实验前活动（概念介绍和实验准备）、实验操作活动（针对每个主题中的领域概念和安全问题的成对实验操作）和实验后活动（复习问题、作业和案例研究）。我们将对项目进行评估，以确定学习模块对学生学习成果和教学效果的影响。内部（自我）和外部评价都在使用。 内部评估由项目的每个PI进行，外部评估由学术界和工业界的个人进行。 评价数据由一个外部评价员小组进行评价，该小组由一名学术界评价员和一名工业界评价员组成。

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.