A security capstone course: An innovative practical approach to distance education

Author

Evans, Nate ; Blakely, Benjamin ; Jacobson, Doug

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Information assurance is a growing field in the information technology world. While many individuals seek further education in this field, it is currently difficult to complete an entire program of study remotely. A capstone course at Iowa State University will enable distance education students to complete the requirements for a Master´s of Engineering in Information Assurance from an accredited university without ever setting foot on a campus. This course will encompass all focal points of the degree and demonstrate a level of mastery sufficient for awarding of the degree (in accordance with other degree requirements). This course will consist of three parts: the planning & implementing phase, the defending & attacking phase, and the infrastructure assessing phase.

Keywords

distance learning; security of data; attacking phase; defending phase; distance education; implementation; information assurance; infrastructure assessing phase; planning; security capstone course; Computer science; Continuing education; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Foot; Information security; Information technology; Jacobian matrices; Network servers; Switches; Capstone; Information Assurance; Security; VMWare;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4715-2

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2009.5350409

Filename

5350409