A CAE-CDE Planning for CAE-CO Designation: Curriculum design and content considerations

Submitted by Christopher M Greder on

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is developing a robust graduate degree program in Cyber Operations (CO). The program was designed from the beginning to ultimately obtain an NSA/DHS CAE-CO designation. With this in mind, the subject matter experts and curriculum designers focused on the required knowledge units and built in the artifacts to meet other CAE criterion like explicit focus on CO, integration of CO into the foundational courses, and content currency.

Designed Support for Student Research Avenues

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We propose a designed growth path for emerging researchers that does not currently exist. When Ph.D.’s defend, it is expected that their directed training and research focus will provide clear direction for impactful future work, but that assumption has not been realized. We propose an entry path for graduate students to better understand and contribute to research and administration publication functions that should enhance their academic prospects and help them add to scientific solutions business desperately needs.

The CAE National Competition- Overview and Collaboration Opportunity

Submitted by Christopher M Greder on

The first CAE National Competition will be held throughout the 2021-2022 academic year and is designed to increase student and faculty engagement with competitions throughout the CAE program. The competition is oriented towards students who are new to cybersecurity competitions, and will include an extensive training and practice environment, regional competitions, and the National Finals to be held at the 2022 CAE Executive Leadership Forum.

Industrial Cybersecurity Training and Education Standards - Getting the Water to the End of the Row with CYBER-CHAMP

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There is a pervasive talent deficit in cybersecurity that prevents employers from being able to find qualified job applicants. In a recent survey of cybersecurity professionals, most report that their teams are at least somewhat understaffed with open positions remaining unfilled. Many tools are available to bridge the educational gap for the cybersecurity workforce, but these tools do not take a holistic approach to security by addressing both operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT).

Improving Cyber Security by Engaging Software Developers via Universally Applicable Security Gems

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As the majority of jobs in Computer Science are software development oriented, Computer Science curricula have shifted towards producing software more efficiently. As a result, low-level concepts such as computer instructions, assembly programming and calling conventions that are fundamental to cyber security are only covered marginally. Ultimately the security of cyberspace depends on the programs we use; increasing their robustness to vulnerabilities will enhance cyber security greatly.

In the Covid Era - Teaching Cybersecurity Online Across the Disciplines

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Cybersecurity has become a prevalent topic in many colleges, but how it should fit into the overall educational process is still not fully understood. A cybersecurity project at the University of Hawaii Maui College (UHMC), funded by the NSF ATE program, spans multiple disciplines and targets women and minorities. The goal of this project is to ensure that a broad audience of faculty, students and practitioners get trained in the fundamentals of cybersecurity. This is especially challenging during a pandemic, when all education is online.

Simple Tool for Faculty Development & Support: The Instructor’s Workbook

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Learn how a program management process and a single document can support your faculty and also your course/program reviews. Elevate the instructor’s workbook into a tool that not only provides situational awareness and pedagogical foundations, but also helps to connect remote faculty and capture ideas and experiences in a hectic and demanding environment. Presuming that all faculty are experts in a course’s subject matter, the workbook does not focus on substantive knowledge.

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