CSSIA CERT-SIA Collaboration (NEW Share Resources for Software Assurance)
CERT has published their academic curriculum for colleges and universities interested in teaching and building a comprehensive information assurance program. It is free for qualified faculty on request (Click Here).
The CERT-SIA courses have been mapped to the national standards set by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals, NSTISSI 4011, and System Administrators (SA), CNSSI 4013, entry level meet approximately 95% of the objectives. Also, check out https://www.vte.cert.org/vteweb/. CERT's Virtual Training Environment has many wonderful asynchronous training modules in information assurance. See also CERT's Organizational Security page; lots of good info.
(NEW 12-1-2011) Also, if you access and scroll CERT site www.cert.org/mswa/, you will see the following: Share Your Software Assurance Education Materials
The Software Assurance (SwA) Education Project team is looking for materials to share with educators interested in adopting elements of the software assurance curricula. The team has developed the Master of Software Assurance (MSwA) Reference Curriculum that can be used to establish a graduate program or track, syllabi to support the development of courses to be used in an MSwA curriculum, undergraduate SwA course outlines, and SwA community college courses. While these materials can help educators get started in SwA education, more resources are needed to support wider adoption of undergraduate and graduate SwA courses, programs, and tracks. The team is seeking materials related to software assurance, including the following:
Case studies
Homework assignments
Examples
Lecture slides
Notes
Authors will retain their own copyright. Materials submitted will be subject to peer review for relevance to the SwA course topics. If selected, materials will either be posted as submitted on this page, or a link to the author's site will be posted. If you are interested in submitting materials to help support the SwA education community, please send them, along with an indication of the appropriate course and topic, to swa-education@sei.cmu.edu.
Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) 2012
The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) system is designed to provide institutions with an information assurance or computer security curriculum in a controlled, competitive environment to assess their student's depth of understanding and operational competency in managing the challenges inherent in protecting a corporate network infrastructure and business information systems. Applications for teams to participate in one of several Midwest 2011 State CCDC competitions are now being accepted.
About CSSIA
The Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA) originated in 2003 and is a Regional Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center for Cyber Security and Information Assurance.
CSSIA advances Cyber Security education programs at the secondary and post-secondary levels by providing innovative teaching and learning opportunities through skills based student competitions and faculty professional development.
Skills based competitions promote problem solving and teamwork skills, provide an opportunity for students to showcase their talents, and offer a unique opportunity for students and faculty to interact with Cyber Security professionals.
CSSIA has developed a successful model for partnering with industry and academia in developing and operating innovative skills based competitions. These competitions result in program improvements and support the capacity building necessary to meet the critical national need for Cyber Security technicians.
CSSIA Connects Newsletter
CSSIA is proud to bring you news quarterly regarding current and future events. Take a look to hear what students are keeping busy with.
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Fall 2011 (pdf) (NEW 10/2011)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Spring 2011 (pdf)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Winter 2011 (pdf)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Fall 2010 (pdf)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Spring 2010 (pdf)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Fall/Winter 2010 (pdf)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Summer 2009 (pdf)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Spring 2009 (pdf)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Winter 2009 (pdf)
CSSIA Connects Newsletter Fall 2008 (pdf)
CSSIA on YouTube
Video Channel (Click Here)
The CSSIA YouTube channel includes several videos on security topics. These videos, created in partnership with the Cisco Learning Institute provide several educational videos on current security and networking topics. Topics include Virtual Private Networking, Vulnerabilities, Authentication and more. Additional videos have been published illustrating the use of PacketTracer, software used by many Cisco Networking Academies.
CSSIA has several training opportunities for faculty throughout the year BUT did you know that the National Science Foundation has several other supported projects nationally. To see all NSF opportunities go to http://www.teachingtechnicians.org/ and check it out. Some will link back to us but many many others will direct you around the country to others great workshops. Great Resource!
See: http://www.teachingtechnicians.org/
CSSIA Collaboration
We encourage your collaboration. Our web resources are still under development so please contact us if you cannot find what you are looking for.
Contact the CSSIA Main Office M-F 8-3pm CST (708) 974-5725 or email Erich Spengler - Executive Director at spengler@morainevalley.edu for information.
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