Abstract
Cyber security education has evolved over the last decade to include new methods of teaching and technology to prepare students. Instructors in this field of study often deal with a subject matter that has rigid principles, but changing ways of applying those principles. This makes maintaining courses difficult. This case study explored the kind of teaching methods, technology, and means used to explain these concepts. This study shows that generally, cyber security courses require more time to keep up to date. It also evaluates one effort, the NxSecLab, on how it attempted to relieve the administrative issues in teaching these concepts. The proposed framework in this model looks at ways on how to ease the administrative burden in cyber security education by using a central engine to coordinate learning management with infrastructure-as-a-service resources.
Degree
MS
College and Department
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; Technology
Rights
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Sheen, Frank Jordan, "An Extensible Technology Framework for Cyber Security Education" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 4375.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4375
Date Submitted
2015-04-01
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd7472
Keywords
cyber security, education, pedagogy, teaching methods, virtualization, learning management systems
Language
english
Technology Emphasis
Information Technology (IT)