Configuring a Lab to Support Community-Based Security Audit Projects

Author

Holland, Andrew ; Lincke, Susan J.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Wisconsin -Parkside, Kenosha

fYear

2007

fDate

21-23 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside cyber-security lab is designed to emphasize training in network security, with a focus on auditing. Audits require extensive security knowledge, including how to configure network equipment, analyze OS configurations, recognize hacks, and compare audit results on a variety of systems. The audits are taught using active learning labs, but implemented via community-based learning. This paper outlines the education plan and describes lab network configuration, including server and workstation implementations, and security software. Diverse operating systems, implemented with VMware, allow for students to simultaneously run, observe, and audit different types of systems. The lab is sufficiently isolated not to allow harm, but sufficiently available so that learning is not restricted, and audit tools can be polled to a customer site.

Keywords

computer science education; educational institutions; security of data; Wisconsin-Parksiclc University; active learning labs; audit results; community-based learning; community-based security audit projects; cyber-security lab; education plan; network equipment; network security training; security software; Computer crime; Computer hacking; Computer science; Computer science education; Computer security; Computer worms; Laboratories; Network servers; Operating systems; Workstations; Security education; laboratory; security audit;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities, 2007. TridentCom 2007. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lake Buena Vista, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0739-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0739-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444679

Filename

4444679