DocumentCode :
570256
Title :
First use: Introducing information security in high school oracle academy courses
Author :
Stalvey, RoxAnn H. ; Farkas, Csilla ; Eastman, Caroline
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA
fYear :
2012
fDate :
8-10 Aug. 2012
Firstpage :
653
Lastpage :
658
Abstract :
Security education is vital to successfully counter cyber-attacks. While stand-alone computer security and database security courses are offered in college-level computer science degree programs, these courses do not reach all computing majors and are often available only for senior level students. We believe that security should be incorporated into the computing curriculum at every level, including high school computing courses. In this paper we show how to extend the widely popular high school-level Oracle Academy program with security concepts. The proposed curriculum extensions require minimal changes to the current curriculum while introducing students to the security threats in database systems. We provide example database laboratory materials that can be included in a high school database or computer science course. We show that security concepts can be presented to the students even at this early stage of their education. We propose age and education-level appropriate methods, such as computer gaming and social interaction, to deliver the security relevant course modules. We also argue that it is imperative to educate high school teachers on database security topics to ensure satisfactory delivery of the security components.
Keywords :
computer science education; database management systems; educational courses; laboratories; security of data; age methods; college-level computer science degree programs; computer gaming; computer science course; computer security; computing curriculum; cyber-attacks; database laboratory materials; database security courses; education-level appropriate methods; high school Oracle academy course; high school computing courses; high school database; information security; security education; social interaction; Computer science; Computers; Databases; Educational institutions; Games; Information security; Computer Science; Database; Education; Information Security; K-12;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Reuse and Integration (IRI), 2012 IEEE 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2282-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2283-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IRI.2012.6303071
Filename :
6303071
Link To Document :
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