IA Tutorials and Workshops for Educators

我们将通过举办为期两年的信息保障教育系列讲习班，提高美国高等教育机构在信息保障(IA)和计算机安全领域培养专业人员的能力。研讨会的目标受众是大学级别的教育工作者，他们负责教授与信息保障问题有关或可能与信息保障问题有关的课程。每个工作坊的形式是三个连续的会议：一个辅导会议，一个推荐的论文会议，和一个工作会议。这一顺序使新手从业者了解信息技术的基础知识，为有经验的从业者提供机会提出新的讨论想法，并允许两组人员在解决问题的环境中互动，为工作室提出的要点问题制定解决方案。辅导课程向教师提供有关信息保证和计算机安全的基础知识，并提高他们在这些领域的教学能力。论文会议为介绍和讨论该领域最新的教学和技术进展提供了一个论坛。工作会议的活动鼓励就当前的信息保障教育问题进行创造性的互动。有经验和没有经验的从业者定期聚集和混合的一个重要影响是增强信息安全教育工作者的社区意识，促进提供信息保障课程和计划的机构之间的合作和对话。多年制模式允许教师在自己的环境中度过时间，并带着体验性的问题和洞察力回到研讨会。工作坊的成果将包括课堂陈述和演示的模型材料，以及实验室实验的示例材料。一个特别的重点是确保目前在IA教育界任职人数不足的人口群体的参与。拟议活动的净效果是直接提高国家在信息保障方面的教育能力，并向更能代表国家情况的一系列参与者推广信息保障机构的知识和专长。

We will increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to produce professionals in the fields of Information Assurance (IA) and computer security by hosting a two-year series of workshops for education in Information Assurance. The target audience of the workshops is college-level educators who have responsibility for teaching curricula that are, or could be, related to Information Assurance issues. The format for each workshop is three sequential sessions: a tutorial session, a refereed paper session, and a working session. This sequence allows newer practitioners to become knowledgeable about the basics of IA, provides an opportunity for experienced practitioners to present new ideas for discussion, and allows both groups to interact in a problem solving context to develop solutions for point issues presented by the workshop.The tutorial sessions educate faculty about the fundamentals of information assurance and computer security and improves their instructional capability in these areas. The paper session provides a forum for presentation and discussion of recent pedagogical and technical advances in the field. Activities in the working session encourage creative interaction regarding current issues for education in Information Assurance. A significant effect of the periodic gathering and commingling of experienced and inexperienced practitioners is to enhance the sense of community for IA educators, fostering collaboration and dialogue among institutions offering courses and programs in Information Assurance. The multi-year format allows faculty to spend time in their own environment and return to the workshop with experiential questions and insight. The output of the workshops will include model materials for classroom presentation and demonstration, as well as example materials for laboratory experimentation. A particular emphasis is ensuring participation of demographic groups currently underrepresented in the IA education community. The net effect of the proposed activities is to directly increase the national capacity for education in Information Assurance as well as to extend the knowledge and expertise of IA to a range of participants that is more representative of the national profile.