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A portable computer security workshop

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Paul J. Wagner,

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Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), Volume 6, Issue 4

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1248453.1248456

Published: 01 December 2006 Publication History

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We have developed a computer security workshop designed to instruct post-secondary instructors who want to start a course or laboratory exercise sequence in computer security. This workshop has also been used to provide computer security education to IT professionals and students. It is effective in communicating basic computer security principles as well as an understanding of some of the significant tools and techniques in this area. Evaluations of the workshop have been very positive; we will offer the workshop locally, regionally, and nationally in the next year. The materials from this workshop are available at http://clics.cs.uwec.edu/workshopmaterials.htm.

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Gephart NKuperman B(2010)Design of a virtual computer lab environment for hands-on information security exercisesJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1858449.185845726:1(32-39)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1858449.1858457
Yuan XWright OYu HWilliams K(2008)Laboratory design for wireless network attacksProceedings of the 5th annual conference on Information security curriculum development10.1145/1456625.1456629(5-12)Online publication date: 26-Sep-2008
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1456625.1456629

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Journal on Educational Resources in Computing Volume 6, Issue 4

December 2006

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DOI:10.1145/1248453

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Gephart NKuperman B(2010)Design of a virtual computer lab environment for hands-on information security exercisesJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1858449.185845726:1(32-39)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2010
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Yuan XWright OYu HWilliams K(2008)Laboratory design for wireless network attacksProceedings of the 5th annual conference on Information security curriculum development10.1145/1456625.1456629(5-12)Online publication date: 26-Sep-2008
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