Each year, the community highlights one CAE designated institution that exceeded expectations providing resources, programs,  or workshops to the community. This year, the community is recognizing  Dakota State University (DSU).  DSU has long been a leader in the community acting as a CAE Regional Resource Center for the  North Central Region. However, DSU also provided all CAE designated institutions with the opportunity to participate in faculty professional development workshops.

It is a well-published concern that in order for the United States to maintain and expand its capabilities in the world of cybersecurity. Currently, there is a capacity issue: students cannot readily be added to the education system, especially at the community college level, because trained faculty are scarce. The weak link in the cybersecurity workforce supply chain is often finding faculty who can be effective and provide the proper encouragement to students to join the cyber workforce.

The purpose of this presentation is to compare existing online course designs and propose new pedagogical approaches to improve cybersecurity education. For this purpose, we chose three institutes that deliver online courses - one in WA and two in IL. The institute in WA delivers online MS in Cybersecurity (CSEC). The institutes in IL provides both online and on-campus courses for BS in Information Technology (IT) and Master of Business Administration (MBA). Campus visits and interviews were conducted for data collection purposes.