Security Education

Abstract

Security Education Abstract:

Network security and computer security are usually hot topics whenever any intrusion incidents cause system crash and loss of work time in big corporations. In engineering colleges however security is usually a topic with least or incompatible attention.

The author has taught many upper division classes in college and also graduate course(s) and has been trying to imbue and enhance the courses with the security component. For example, C / C++ programming course was enhanced with basic ciphering like Caeasr cipher, Java programming was enhanced with Java security concepts, OS course was enhanced with the coverage of access control, buffer overflow, malicious software, etc., network course was enhanced with the coverage of insecure protocol and secure protocol etc. The author will discuss how security education can be enhanced in many college courses below.

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