SaTC: EDU: RUI: An Online Student-Centric Game-Based Learning System for Cybersecurity Education

东卡罗莱纳大学（ECU）的项目名为“网络安全教育以学生为中心的在线游戏学习系统”，旨在满足对高学历和熟练的网络安全专业人员的迫切需求，这些专业人员能够识别、预防和减轻对国家关键网络基础设施的威胁。该项目建议开发和实施一个独特的、以学生为中心的、基于游戏的虚拟化学习系统，为ECU本科生、社区学院学生提供全面的网络安全意识教育，并将为区域社区学院教师提供培训师培训能力。该学习解决方案将为学生和教师提供多个真实世界的网络安全学习场景，其中每个场景将代表一个现实的网络威胁，要求学生制定适当的缓解策略。学习解决方案将集成多个虚拟机（vm），这些虚拟机不仅包含自主和学生配置的攻击平台，还包括学生配置和防御的防火墙、资源和其他网络组件。此外，该解决方案将允许学生之间的网络攻击和网络防御交互，以及自主攻击虚拟机，使场景类似于现实世界的网络，同时强调学生团队合作来对抗这些攻击。学习解决方案的设计将支持面对面和在线交付方式，允许同步和异步活动。学生将能够在任何时间、任何地点访问学习环境。该项目还将支持社区学院学生和教师的劳动力发展研讨会。主要的加工和资源将由ECU提供；用户只需要互联网接入、最少的计算机资源和一个网络浏览器就可以访问任何网络安全学习场景。这种学习环境是专门为来自北卡东部农村和代表性不足社区的社区学院的学生和教师开发的。

The project from East Carolina University (ECU) titled "An Online Student-Centric Game-Based Learning System for Cybersecurity Education" aims to respond to the critical need for highly-educated and skilled cybersecurity professionals that are able to recognize, prevent, and mitigate threats to the nation's critical cyber infrastructure. The project proposes to develop and implement a unique, student-centric, game-based, virtualized learning system that provides comprehensive cybersecurity awareness education for ECU undergraduate students, Community College students, and will provide a train-the-trainer capability for regional Community College instructors.The learning solution will provide students and instructors with multiple real-world cybersecurity learning scenarios, where each scenario will represent a realistic cyber threat requiring students to develop appropriate mitigation strategies. The learning solution will integrate multiple virtual machines (VMs) that will incorporate not only autonomous and student-configured attack platforms, but also student-configured and defended firewalls, resources and other network components. In addition, the solution will allow cyberattack and cyber-defense interactions among students, as well as autonomous attack VMs, making the scenarios similar to real-world networks, while emphasizing student teamwork to counter these attacks. The learning solution will be designed to support both face-to-face and online delivery modalities, allowing for synchronous and asynchronous activities. Students will be able to access the learning environment at any time and from any location. This project will also support workforce development seminars for Community College students and faculty. The major processing and resources will be provided by ECU; users only need internet access, minimal computer resources, and a web browser to access any of the cybersecurity learning scenarios. This learning environment is being specifically developed for students and faculty from Community Colleges in rural and underrepresented communities throughout Eastern North Carolina.