A Hybrid Approach to Information Assurance Education

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A Hybrid Approach toInformation
AssuranceEducation
CTANS Information Assurance
OSU

• Mark Weiser, PhD
• CTANS Director
• Oklahoma State University

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What Drives the Plan?
CTANS Information Assurance
OSU

• What others have done
• CNSS/NSTISSI and other standards
• Skills of faculty
• Accreditation requirements

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Three General Models

• Ground up creation of a new degree program
• Add-on to an existing degree
• Ground-up creation of a flexible add-on

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Build vs Integrate

• Build
• Immersion
• Sequence of presented topics provides depth
• Theory Hands-on
• Easy to fit models
• Expensive
• Class size / faculty load issues
• Need for faculty training

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Build vs Integrate

• Integrate
• Better understanding of relationships
• Sequence of presented topics provides breadth
• Few / No new courses
• Lots of faculty
• Difficult to determine what was really covered

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CTANS Model

• OSU Okmulgee
• Bachelor of Technology in IA and Forensics

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CTANS Model

• OSU Okmulgee
• Bachelor of Technology in IA and Forensics
• Graduate Certificate (15 ch)
• Undergraduate Minor / Option (21 ch)

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Basic Curriculum

• Data Networks
• Operating Systems
• Information Assurance Management
• Information Security Systems
• Legal Issues Ethics
• Forensics

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Issues

• Cooperation across colleges
• Degree lives in college, CTANS controls content
• Assistantships, etc.
• Support

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A Hybrid Approach toInformation
AssuranceEducation
CTANS Information Assurance
OSU

• Mark Weiser, PhD
• CTANS Director
• Oklahoma State University