TY - GEN
T1 - Bridging the Gap
T2 - 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
AU - Mennecozzi, Gian Marco
AU - Hageman, Kaspar David
AU - Panum, Thomas Kobber
AU - Türkmen, Ahmet
AU - Mahmoud, Rasmi-Vlad
AU - Pedersen, Jens Myrup
PY - 2021/6/18
Y1 - 2021/6/18
N2 - The current supply of a highly specialized cyber security professionals cannot meet the demands for societies seeking digitization. To close the skill gap, there is a need for introducing students in higher education to cyber security, and to combine theoretical knowledge with practical skills. This paper presents how the cyber security training platform Haaukins, initially developed to increase interest and knowledge of cyber security among high school students, was further developed to support the need for training in higher education. Based on the differences between the existing and new target audiences, a set of design principles were derived which shaped the technical adjustments required to provide a suitable platform - mainly related to dynamic tooling, centralized access to exercises, and scalability of the platform to support courses running over longer periods of time. The implementation of these adjustments has led to a series of teaching sessions in various institutions of higher education, demonstrating the viability for Haaukins for the new target audience.
AB - The current supply of a highly specialized cyber security professionals cannot meet the demands for societies seeking digitization. To close the skill gap, there is a need for introducing students in higher education to cyber security, and to combine theoretical knowledge with practical skills. This paper presents how the cyber security training platform Haaukins, initially developed to increase interest and knowledge of cyber security among high school students, was further developed to support the need for training in higher education. Based on the differences between the existing and new target audiences, a set of design principles were derived which shaped the technical adjustments required to provide a suitable platform - mainly related to dynamic tooling, centralized access to exercises, and scalability of the platform to support courses running over longer periods of time. The implementation of these adjustments has led to a series of teaching sessions in various institutions of higher education, demonstrating the viability for Haaukins for the new target audience.
KW - Active learning
KW - Capture the flag
KW - Cyber security teaching
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112411315&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453985
DO - 10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453985
M3 - Article in proceeding
SN - 978-1-7281-8479-1
T3 - 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
SP - 153
EP - 159
BT - 2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)
A2 - Klinger, Thomas
A2 - Kollmitzer, Christian
A2 - Pester, Andreas
PB - IEEE
Y2 - 21 April 2021 through 23 April 2021
ER -