CONTROL SYSTEMS SECURITY CURRICULUM

DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Guillermo A. Francia, III, Ph.D.

Jacksonville State University

2015 Cyber Security SummitAlbertville, AL

October 22, 2015

Capacity Building for Control Systems Security Collaborative Project Capacity building project funded by NSF

under Grant # 1515636 Collaboration between JSU and Snead

State Community College 3-year project (9/1/2015—08/31/2018) Part of the CyberCorps®: Scholarship

for Service (SFS) program

Project Objectives Design and implement control system security

curriculum modules; Offer 2-day faculty development workshops on

control systems security and follow-up 1-day symposia;

Provide cost-effective resources to enable teachers to develop content, pedagogical knowledge, and skills on cyber and control system security;

Project Objectives Evaluate teaching and learning effectiveness on

the control system security curriculum; Devise tools to facilitate the sharing of teaching

expertise and curriculum modules for widespread adoption across national setting; and

Design and implement a virtual and distributed control system testbed for cybersecurity competitions and experimentations.

Timeline

October, 2015-January, 2016--Call for participation

January 31, 2016—Application Deadline February, 2016—Notification of application

status Workshop dates--June 23-24, 2016 at JSU Symposium date—October, 2016 at JSU

Application Process Application packet: completed application

form, department head letter of support, and a statement of interest describing:

○ The relevance of control system security○ Experience in teaching information security and/or

control systems; and○ Commitment to adopt the control system security

modules in relevant courses.

Application Process Download the application form from: http://www.jsu.edu/mcis/cisa/iaresources.html

Submit the application packet via postal service to

Kathy Matthews

Department of Applied Engineering

Jacksonville State University

700 Pelham Rd N

Jacksonville, AL 36265

or email to matthews@jsu.edu using “Control Security Application” as the email Subject.

Participant Benefits Each participant will receive:

Professional developmentControl System Security Toolkit (Hardware+

Software worth $650)$1,000 stipend$430 travel allowancePacket of pedagogical materials consisting of

control system security course modules and laboratory exercises

Applicable Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and certificate of attendance

Participation Constraints Limited to 4-year and 2-year college

instructors Each participant will commit to

adopt the control systems security curriculum modules in classes,

collect survey data for project evaluation,participate in a 1-day symposium in October, and Submit a final report

Limited to 10 participants each year Stipend is disbursed in 3 installments

Critical Infrastructure Security and Assessment Laboratory (CISAL) @ JSU

Ongoing Research Activities in the CISAL @ JSU

Continuous security monitoring of industrial control systems through real-time analytics

Visualization of control systems security Data collection and aggregation of security

data Pro-active cyber defense through deep

packet inspection and threat intelligence Control systems security curriculum

development

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