In this fast-pitch presentation, we will argue that the cybersecurity curriculum should include fundamental knowledge units such as information theory, game theory, and war game stratagems

Funded by the NCAE-C Cybersecurity Education Diversity Initiative (CEDI), our presentation describes a two-year collaboration between a large urban Colorado HSI and a small rural Colorado HSI. The cybersecurity program at Colorado’s newest CAE designated university, MSU Denver, is growing rapidly with a new Cyber Range. In addition, MSU Denver also offers BS and MS degrees in CYB and is quickly becoming an established cybersecurity program with the Mountain West region.

Cybersecurity Education for K-12 institutions and Universities across the USA is vital in the present time. In this presentation, I will be covering the best practices and approaches to enhance the partnership between K-12 institutions and Universities to enhance Cybersecurity education.

Fairleigh Dickinson University once again got designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense through the academic year 2026. During the process, NSA and a committee of academic peers has validated FDU’s BSCS with Cybersecurity Concentration offered at FDU’s Florham Campus through academic year 2026. At FDU, we have managed to achieve our goals after two years of extensive work on several Program of Study validation project activities involving planning, implementation and coordinating efforts that started in the year of 2019.

While a Performance Based Education (PBE) conversion process was underway through an NSF grant at TSTC, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an accelerated and sharp turn in the Texas State Technical College hands-on technical model as courses were moved from an in-person to an online modality in the Cybersecurity program.

This brought multiple challenges and lessons learned including instructional content, access, hardware/equipment, software, and communication. This presentation will identify the challenges and solutions implemented for a successful PBE journey.

A brief summary of the educational, research, and community outreach activities conducted by The University of Memphis Center for Information Assurance.

As we become a more digital society, it imperative that first responders, including EMS and law enforcement, become well-versed in the role that technology plays in their field and understand the security implications demanded in this changing environment. Most existing continuing education (CE) credits, however, are only offered specifically for technical job requirements, such as de-escalation techniques and airway management training for law enforcement and EMS certified personnel, respectively.

UNT’s new B.S. in Cybersecurity was formally approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) in March 2020 with an implementation date starting in the Fall 2020 semester. Given the rapidly changing and often unchartered environment that cybersecurity operates in, the B.S. in Cybersecurity was created to provide a high quality, academically challenging, and career-enriching educational program that is responsive to industry trends, changing standards, and employer needs.

This Fastpitch covers Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso IS258 Cyber Ethics, Career Development, and Professional course curriculum developed and endorsed jointly by an advisory team from ExxonMobil, DOD U.S. Navy, Academia, New Mexico Workforce Development. The rationale for student taking this course was to provide students with the necessary understanding and abilities to apply ethics in the cyber world. This course prepares students to apply cyber ethics in the workplace and in furthering their careers.

Existing literature show that Escape The Room themed games have not been used much in cybersecurity education and outreach. In this fast pitch talk, we will present an original Escape The Room themed cybersecurity educational game, which consists of a set of nifty cybersecurity challenges in the form of beginner’s puzzles on a variety of introductory cybersecurity topics, including cryptographic ciphers, social engineeringbased phishing attacks, online fake web certificates, and ransomware attacks.