Improving Student Learning and Engagement in Cybersecurity Through Designing and Building Secure Internet of Things (IoT) Systems
Saeed Al-Haj · 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings · 2020
The "Secure-It-Yourself" kit gives instructors the needed flexibility to design activities that explain how security concepts and secure design principles should be used to build and implement secure systems.Also, this kit helps students to acquire the recommended National Initiative Cybersecurity Education (NICE) [1] security Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) relevant to the scope of this paper.The kit can be used in undergraduate Security courses and in summer camps curriculums designed for high school students.The following components are included in the kit: Raspberry Pi unit, motion detection sensor, camera, breadboard, bush button switches, LEDs, jumper wires, and buzzers.The instructor's kit includes additional components such as: RFID readers and electric locks that support fail-safe and fail-secure features.The paper discusses how the kit is used in two security courses to develop projects and exercises that enhance students' security knowledge and skills.