Combining Theory with Practice in Information Security Education
Li‐Chiou Chen, Chienting Lin · 2007
To meet the current industry demand for qualified security professionals, we need innovative courseware that can help students apply information assurance theory into practice. This paper describes our experience in designing hands-on information assurance courseware that addresses the current demand. In addition, we have presented a survey instrument to assess our design based on the contents of lectures, the contents of laboratory exercises, the relevance between the lecture and laboratory exercises, and the overall impact of the class on students. From the evaluation results of fifty students, we found that students generally agreed that they have learned better with the hands-on laboratory exercises. Given that many of the students we surveyed expressed interests in applying security in their respective domains, we believe that it is needed to start focusing on creating interdisciplinary IA courseware.