The INSuRE Project: CAE-Rs Collaborate to Engage Students in Cybersecurity Research
Alan Sherman (UMBC), M. Dark (Purdue), A. Chan (Northeastern), and R. Chong (Purdue), T. Morris (UAH), L. Oliva (UMBC), J. Springer, (Purdue), B. Thuraisingham (UTD), C. Vatcher (UMBC), R. Verma, (Houston), S. Wetzel (Stevens)
TL;DR
The INSuRE project is a collaborative effort among CAE-Rs to involve students in cybersecurity research through project-based courses, sharing experiences, student projects, and lessons learned since 2012.
Contribution
This paper introduces a collaborative research course model for engaging students in applied cybersecurity research across multiple CAE-Rs.
Findings
Students contributed to real cybersecurity research problems.
The collaborative course improved student engagement and research skills.
Lessons learned inform future cybersecurity education initiatives.
Abstract
Since fall 2012, several National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-Rs) fielded a collaborative course to engage students in solving applied cybersecurity research problems. We describe our experiences with this Information Security Research and Education (INSuRE) research collaborative. We explain how we conducted our project-based research course, give examples of student projects, and discuss the outcomes and lessons learned.
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Taxonomy
TopicsInformation and Cyber Security · Scientific Computing and Data Management · Advanced Malware Detection Techniques