Cybersecurity Remote Education Access Toolkits (CREAT)

德克萨斯农工大学（TAMU）网络安全远程教育访问工具包（CREAT）项目是第一套基于网络的远程访问工具和一个实验实验室的原型，以支持学术机构之间的网络安全实验。CREAT正在提供教师培训，并开发一个全面的现实世界案例研究库。能力建设中最关键的挑战是使受训者掌握基础知识，获得可用和可扩展的工具，并为他们在这一领域进一步发展建立一个可持续的社区。为了应对这一挑战，CREAT正在从一个综合的角度发展，考虑到知识、工具、学员和社区。CREAT的技术基础是虚拟网络工程实验室（NSF EIA-0081761）的基于web的访问演习系统（WAES）。CREAT的学员基金会是DelMar Consortium （NSF Due-0302734）。知识价值。CREAT项目的原型是为教师创建一个综合知识、作业和练习的多功能管理工具。在充分发展后，教师将使用CREAT来制定任务需求、资源、陷阱和入侵响应等。通过一个简单的用户界面，教师和学生将在一个现实的练习环境中有效地掌握大量的威胁和算法，而不管网络安全问题的快速发展。这些资产将极大地提高网络安全教育的生产力，促进教师发展、学生成绩和基础设施成本。更广泛的影响。CREAT旨在消除网络安全教育者和学生之间的知识共享障碍。创建一个有组织的真实案例研究库，再加上不断更新的实验设置，与网络安全和信息保障有关，使教师能够快速适应和采用当前的材料，以满足当地的需求。少数民族服务机构的教师将可以选择经营自己的实验室，或者与其他机构合作，提供几乎相同的学习体验。CREAT正在对服务不足人群的网络安全教育的质量和可用性产生直接影响。TAMU是美国国家安全局指定的信息保障教育卓越中心，是最受拉美裔欢迎的20所大学之一，在授予拉美裔博士学位方面排名第六。2004年秋季，工程学院招收的非裔美国人和拉美裔美国人分别增加了29%和20%。DMC是全国第12大西班牙裔社区学院，招收了超过25,000名主要是第一代大学生。DMC注册的学生中有57%是西班牙裔，60%是女性。

The Texas A&M University (TAMU) Cybersecurity Remote Education Access Toolkits (CREAT) Project is prototyping the first set of web-based remote-access tools and an experimental lab to support cybersecurity experiments among academic institutions. CREAT is providing faculty training and developing a repository of comprehensive real-world case studies. The most critical challenge in capacity building is to enable trainees to master foundational knowledge, secure useable and expandable tools, and build a sustainable community for them to further their growth in this field. To meet this challenge, CREAT is being developed from an integrated perspective that considers knowledge, tools, trainees, and communities. The technology foundation of CREAT is the web-based access exercise system (WAES) of the virtual network engineering lab (NSF EIA-0081761). The trainee foundation of CREAT is the DelMar Consortium (NSF Due-0302734). Intellectual merit. The prototype CREAT project is creating a versatile management tool for faculty to integrate knowledge, assignments, and exercises. When fully developed, faculty will use CREAT to formulate mission needs, resources, pitfalls, and intrusion responses, etc. Through a simple user interface, faculty and students will effectively master the vast number of threats and algorithms in a realistic exercise setting, regardless of rapid evolutions of cybersecurity concerns. These assets will greatly improve the productivity of cybersecurity education for faculty development, student outcomes, and infrastructure costs. Broader impact. CREAT is being designed to remove the knowledge sharing barriers among cybersecurity educators and students. Creation of an organized repository of real-world case-studies, coupled with continually updated experimental settings, pertaining to cybersecurity and information assurance is empowering faculty to adapt and adopt current materials for their local needs quickly. Faculty from Minority Serving Institutions will have the choice to run their own labs, or affiliate with other institutions to deliver virtually identical learning experiences. CREAT is having a direct impact on the quality and availability of cybersecurity education for underserved populations. TAMU, a NSA designated Center of Excellence for Information Assurance Education, is among the top 20 colleges for Hispanics, ranked sixth in the awarding of doctoral degrees to Hispanics, and in Fall 2004 increased African American and Hispanic enrollments by 29% and 20%, respectively, in the College of Engineering. DMC, the 12th largest Hispanic serving community college in the nation, enrolls over 25,000 predominately first generation college students. DMC enrollment is 57% Hispanic and 60% female.