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

南方州立理工大学（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。基于便携式实验室的课程材料正在开发并整合到计算机科学（CS）和信息技术（IT）课程中。这项工作通过使用便携式实验室的实践经验来强调移动安全，从而革新了IAS课程的内容。其结果是一套涵盖IAS核心知识领域的完整材料，以及一个可用于IAS在线课程的便携式实验室，提供实际情况的实践经验。这项工作正在对国家国际会计准则工作人员产生重大影响，并针对来自代表性不足群体的学生。该实验室软件是根据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科研经验。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来适应教师的需要。该实验室软件涵盖了安全和重要移动威胁/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（在每个主题的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）。目前正在评估该项目，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）和外部评估都在使用。项目的内部评估由每个项目负责人进行，外部评估由学术界和工业界的个人进行。评估数据由一组外部评估人员进行评估，该评估人员由一名来自学术界的评估人员和一名来自工业界的评估人员组成。

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.