International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational (ICCDI) Competition

无论是在美国还是在国外，确保计算机和信息系统的安全都是一个重大挑战。企业、行业和政府需要一支准备充分的员工队伍，能够预防、检测和调查网络安全违规行为，而网络威胁的增长产生了对拥有适当、特定知识和技能的更多员工的需求。网络安全挑战不尊重国界。互联网覆盖全球，许多公司在世界各地开展业务并雇佣技术工人。为了很好地解决美国的网络安全问题，教育工作者和雇主需要与国际同行建立合作和理解。在该项目中，Highline学院将与CyberWatch West合作，在2017年夏季组织和主办首届国际大学生网络防御邀请赛(ICCDI)。这项活动将仿照美国大学网络防御竞赛(CCDC)，将来自世界各国的大约10支学生团队和他们的教练聚集在一起，在模拟的企业网络环境中应对现实世界的网络安全挑战。这种实践经验和竞争实践不能在典型的课堂上复制，它将为学生提供更好的培训和劳动力准备。拥有不同教育背景和不同技术经验的学生和教职员工之间的互动，将使学生为他们将工作的全球网络安全环境做好准备。在比赛期间，还将举行会议，让来自公司、政府和教育机构的代表分享有关网络安全挑战和解决方案的知识。ICCDI计划委员会将在比赛的结构中为学生提供机会，扩大他们在世界各地教授和实践的网络安全知识。除了竞争环境的这些技术特点外，还将有机会与来自其他国家的网络捍卫者面对面地讨论独特和共同的挑战，并建立新的沟通渠道。参加了美国大学生网络防御大赛的学院和大学已经发现了他们当前课程中的弱点，并设计了一些改变来解决这些问题。通过采用类似的方法，ICCDI将使参与的学院和大学能够调整课程，以满足本地区和国际舞台上的网络安全需求。每支队伍都将收到一份关于自己在比赛中表现的详细报告，以及评委和网络安全专家对Red(渗透测试)团队的汇报。项目评估员将使用团队表现的汇总数据和对参与者的调查来回答这样的问题：学生和教职员工如何从接触其他国家的参与者中受益？与会者在国际背景下学到了哪些具体的术语和技能？在比赛中，哪些跨文化问题显得尤为重要？教师和学生将如何使用他们获得的知识和技能？将实施哪些课程改革？

Keeping computers and information systems secure is a major challenge both in the United States and abroad. Business, industry, and government need a well-prepared workforce that can prevent, detect, and investigate cybersecurity breaches, and the growth of cyber-threats has created a need for many more workers who have appropriate, specific knowledge and skills. The cybersecurity challenge does not respect national boundaries. The Internet has global reach, and many companies do business and employ technical workers around the world. To address cybersecurity concerns in the United States well, educators and employers need to build cooperation and understanding with their international counterparts. In this project, Highline College, in collaboration with CyberWatch West, will organize and host the first International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational (ICCDI) competition during the summer of 2017. This event, which will be modeled after the U.S. Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), will bring together approximately ten student teams and their coaches from nations around the world to tackle real-world cybersecurity challenges in the context of a simulated corporate network. This hands-on experience and competitive practice cannot be replicated in a typical classroom, and it will provide students with better training and preparation for the workforce. The interaction of students and faculty who have different educational backgrounds, as well as experiences with different technologies, will prepare the students for the global cybersecurity environment in which they will work. During the competition, conference sessions will also be held to allow representatives from companies, governments, and educational institutions to share knowledge about cybersecurity challenges and solutions.The ICCDI planning committee will build into the competition's structure opportunities for the students to broaden their knowledge of cybersecurity as it is taught and practiced around the world. These technical features of the competition environment will be supplemented by the opportunity to meet cyber-defenders from other countries face-to-face to discuss both unique and common challenges and to establish new lines of communication. Colleges and universities that have participated in the U.S. Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition have discovered weaknesses in their current curricula and have designed changes to address them. By following a similar approach, the ICCDI will enable participating colleges and universities to adjust their curricula to meet cybersecurity demands in their region and in the international arena. Each team will receive a detailed report about how it performed in the competition, along with a debriefing from the judges and the cybersecurity experts on the Red (penetration testing) Team. The project evaluator will use aggregated data on the performance of the teams and surveys of participants to answer such questions as: How did the students and faculty benefit from the exposure to participants from other countries? What particular nomenclature and skills did participants learn in the international context? What cross-cultural issues emerged as significant during the competition? How will faculty and students use the knowledge and skills that they gained? What curricular changes will be implemented?