Cybersecurity Education & Training Delivery I

Design and deliver cybersecurity training, filling knowledge gaps and enhancing awareness.

Key Details

This module is delivered in hybrid format, as a combination of online, in-person and self-learning activities. The module uses innovative hybrid learning methods that combine live (synchronous) and self-paced (asynchronous) activities, with particular focus on practical activities and real-world scenarios connected to cybersecurity. Expert tutors guide students through the material, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.

The module aims to prepare students to identify weaknesses, raise awareness and develop training programs in the realm of cybersecurity education. Toward this goal the module employs class participation activities and practical assignments.

Time commitment:

• Online activities: 7 hours
• In-person activities: 7 hours
• Self-learning: 28 hours
• Individual, team and guided projects and activities: 58 hours
• Total: 100 hours

Credit points:

• 4 ECTS

Grading:

• In-class participation: 10%
• Assignments: 40%
• Exam: 50%

Subjects covered

• Fundamentals of pedagogy and training
• Adult education and methodology
• Modern Methods of Teaching and Trainings in cybersecurity: Materials, infrastructure and methods for teaching and training (in cybersecurity)
• Collaborative tools in creating, maintaining and curating digital materials
• Using Git and GitHub for version control
• Use of GitHub for collaboration
• Creating interactive and media digital content
• Using Cyber-Ranges in cybersecurity trainings I
• Using Cyber-Ranges in cybersecurity trainings (BUTCA) II
• Tabletop Exercises in Cybersecurity Trainings
• Capstone project and out-of-class support
• Assessment of participants cybersecurity classes + bug-bounty programs

Learning objectives

Understands different materials, delivery methods and infrastructure components used in cybersecurity education

Maps trainee groups requirements with specific types of materials and delivery methods

Lists the most important stages that marked the development of the field

Assesses individual and group characteristics with respect to cybersecurity knowledge and skills

Provides personalized support to trainees

Module leaders

Laura Dragomir is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at POLITEHNICA Bucharest. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, with a specialization in the security of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Her current research focuses on Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Operating Systems and cybersecurity.

She has extensive experience as a researcher on national and international projects. Her work in these projects spans various fields, including WSNs, IoT, networking, indoor localization, and cybersecurity.

She has collaborated with VirtualMetrix Inc. as a researcher, focusing on mobile malware detection. Additionally, she served as a researcher for the Academy of Romanian Scientists, contributing to the field of IoT.

For the past five years, she has been an academic ambassador in collaboration with Google/Fitbit, where she has organized summer schools and workshops, and mentored students on topics such as the IoT, embedded systems, and mobile operating systems.