Trial-By-Fire in Information Assurance Education

Abstract

During the spring of 2001, the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Naval Postgraduate School participated in first ever Cyber Defense Exercise. Each school set up identical small networks running a typical suite of services. They then configured the network to be as secure as possible in advance of attacks by a NSA-led Red Team. After almost a week of attacks a winner was declared. This was the best educational experience any of the authors ever participated in and most students felt the same way. Although this exercise required a great deal of resources, the information assurance educational outcome was great. By following the principles of the exercise design we suggest here a less ambitious exercise could become a standard feature of information assurance programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 14, 2001
Accession Number
ADA408300

Entities

People

  • Daniel Ragsdale
  • Donald Welch
  • Wayne Schepens

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Science
  • Cyber Defense Techniques
  • Education
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Instructors
  • Military Training
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Service Academies
  • Software Development
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • STEM Education
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber