SaTC: EDU: Collaborative: Enhancing Security Education through Transiting Research on Security in Emerging Network Technologies

网络安全教育对于培养未来的网络安全专业人员和保护IT资产至关重要。软件定义网络(SDN)和网络功能虚拟化(NFV)等新网络技术的出现，在带来网络基础设施高度灵活性的同时，也带来了新的安全挑战。尽管目前的研究努力在应对SDN和NFV的安全挑战和机遇方面取得了积极进展，但针对SDN和NFV安全的最新结果出现在很少的教育材料中。随着SDN和NFV技术的出现，教育需要跟上步伐。圣何塞州立大学基金会的这个项目旨在开发有效的SDN和NFV安全教育材料，为学生保护新兴的基于SDN/NFV的网络基础设施做好准备。该项目将通过创建关于SDN/NFV的动手实验室和课程来提高网络安全教育的知识。课程材料和九个动手实验将旨在增加网络安全的教育资源，特别是新网络技术的安全。此外，该项目将提高使用基于云的开放实验室来支持SDN/NFV安全实践实验室的可用性和有效性。该项目产生的知识可用于将安全方面的研究转化为教材，并融入计算课程，以及建设安全教育方面的教师能力。此外，这一合作项目的共同努力将改善三个机构之间的伙伴关系，以共同改善网络安全教育。

Cybersecurity education is critical for the development of future cybersecurity professionals, and for protecting IT assets. The advent of new network technologies such as Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has resulted in a high degree of flexibility in network infrastructure, but at the same time brought new security challenges. Although current research efforts have prompted positive progress in addressing security challenges and opportunities in SDN and NFV, the latest results appear in few educational materials targeting SDN and NFV security. With emerging SDN and NFV technologies, there is a need for education to keep pace. This project from the San Jose State University Foundation aims to develop effective educational materials on SDN and NFV security for preparing students to protect the emerging SDN/NFV-based network infrastructure. This project will advance the knowledge of cybersecurity education by creating hands-on labs and curriculum on SDN/NFV. The course materials, along with nine hands-on labs, will aim to increase the educational resources for cybersecurity, particularly for security in new networking technologies. Further, this project will advance the usability and effectiveness of using a cloud-based open laboratory to support hands-on labs on SDN/NFV security. The knowledge generated from this project can be applied to transitioning research in security to teaching materials, and integrating into computing curricula, as well as building faculty capacity in security education. In addition, the joint effort in this collaborative project will improve the partnership among three institutions to collaboratively improve cybersecurity education.