Easily Develop an Online Cybersecurity Certificate Program Prof. Robert Albano Westchester Community College State University of New York [email protected]
Mar 31, 2015
Easily Develop an Online Cybersecurity Certificate Program
Prof. Robert AlbanoWestchester Community College
State University of New [email protected]
We are in a digital world (a cyber world) Most computers are connected to the
Internet The devices, operating systems are insecure The “Bad Guys” can get access to our
devices When they are in control they can get:
Our money, our identities, the intellectual property of businesses and control of countries
What is Cybersecurity & Why do we need trained people
Cybersecurity Jobs
Government
Corporate
Law Enforcement
Private Investigator
We choose courses and then found it mapped very well to DOD Directive (on the next slide)
Certificates we offer for our students Our college’s Cybersecurity Certificate Microsoft MTA Certificates CompTIA Certificates
How we selected courses for our Cybersecurity Certificate Program
DOD Directive 8570
Our Courses
Originally WebCT
Then Blackboard CE 6 to CE 8
Blackboard Learn 9.1 Cutover in May
Our Distance Learning Platform
FOR THE LECTURE A book that explains difficult topics very well Good support from the publisher A good database of questions for quizzes
FOR THE LAB Good videos to explain concepts Good videos to show how to do labs Good simulations to have the students do the work Good reporting of how the student did in the lab
What makes it easy to run a DL Coursein Cybersecurity?
Originally used mostly Course Technology (Cengage)
Found a great series for 3 courses (McGraw Hill) PC Hardware - Meyers Networking – Meyers Security – Conklin
Selecting Publishers & Books
I use LabSim for these courses
What is in LabSim
See LabSim at the TestOut Booth # 421 in Exhibit Hall
LabSim is only $89 for students
From the student’s view
From the Instructors’ view
LabSim Demo
Started at Innovations Conference in 2006 Went to Oklahoma to get started in
Cybersecurity Had battle to get approval for AAS &
Certificate at WCC Attended Cybersecurity Conferences Joined CyberWatch and:
Took CHFI five day course in January Will take CEF five day course in May
History of the Development