Serious games have been used effectively in many educational domains. Games may be
utilized efficiently to attract students to information security track. Learning practical …

The need for skilled information security professionals has led various academic,
governmental, and industrial organizations to work to develop a common body of knowledge …

Interactive visualization tools have been shown to be an effective means for engaging
students in the learning process. Information security is a complex topic that can benefit from …

In this paper, we introduce the concept of the research-practice gap as it is perceived in the
field of software requirements engineering. An analysis of this gap has shown that two key …

In the education and teacher education fields there has been much debate about where the
balance of good teaching should lie, and how much the focus should be on imparting …

This paper describes a competition-style of exercise to teach system and network security
and to reinforce themes taught in class. The exercise, called NetSecLab, is conducted on a …

Information assurance is a critical topic in computer science curricula. Several publications
in the educational literature address the development of curriculum and integration of …

Security education is critical in today's cyber-threat environment. Many schools have
investigated different approaches to teaching fundamental security concepts through …

Formal models are important in information security education. The ability to abstract
security concepts and apply formal reasoning techniques provides a basis for students to …

We present an eight-year curriculum redesign effort impacting al-most every course in our
computer science department. Having not made a major update to our curriculum in two …