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Technology-Enhanced Tabletop Exercises for Cybersecurity Education: Lessons Learned
Jan Vykopal, Pavel Čeleda, Martin Horák +1
This innovative practice full paper examines the integration of technology-enhanced tabletop exercises (TTXs) into computing education, focusing on cybersecurity curricula. The mot…
Assessment in Team Problem-Solving Exercises in Computing Education
Valdemar Švábenský, Jan Vykopal, Sukrit Leelaluk +3
This full paper in the research-to-practice track presents methods for assessing student teams in tabletop exercises (TTXs). TTXs enable learner teams to prepare for workplace task…
Cybersecurity Study Programs: What's in a Name?
Jan Vykopal, Valdemar Švábenský, Michael Tuscano Lopez +1
Improving cybersecurity education has become a priority for many countries and organizations worldwide. Computing societies and professional associations have recognized cybersecur…
Detecting Unsuccessful Students in Cybersecurity Exercises in Two Different Learning Environments
Valdemar Švábenský, Kristián Tkáčik, Aubrey Birdwell +6
This full paper in the research track evaluates the usage of data logged from cybersecurity exercises in order to predict students who are potentially at risk of performing poorly.…
Identification of Device Dependencies Using Link Prediction
Lukáš Sadlek, Martin Husák, Pavel Čeleda
Devices in computer networks cannot work without essential network services provided by a limited count of devices. Identification of device dependencies determines whether a pair…
From Paper to Platform: Evolution of a Novel Learning Environment for Tabletop Exercises
Valdemar Švábenský, Jan Vykopal, Martin Horák +2
For undergraduate students of computing, learning to solve complex practical problems in a team is an essential skill for their future careers. This skill is needed in various fiel…
Research and Practice of Delivering Tabletop Exercises
Jan Vykopal, Pavel Čeleda, Valdemar Švábenský +2
Tabletop exercises are used to train personnel in the efficient mitigation and resolution of incidents. They are applied in practice to support the preparedness of organizations an…
Want to Raise Cybersecurity Awareness? Start with Future IT Professionals
Lydia Kraus, Valdemar Švábenský, Martin Horák +3
As cyber threats endanger everyone, from regular users to computing professionals, spreading cybersecurity awareness becomes increasingly critical. Therefore, our university design…
Student Assessment in Cybersecurity Training Automated by Pattern Mining and Clustering
Valdemar Švábenský, Jan Vykopal, Pavel Čeleda +2
Hands-on cybersecurity training allows students and professionals to practice various tools and improve their technical skills. The training occurs in an interactive learning envir…
Applications of Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics on Data From Cybersecurity Training
Valdemar Švábenský, Jan Vykopal, Pavel Čeleda +1
Cybersecurity professionals need hands-on training to prepare for managing the current advanced cyber threats. To practice cybersecurity skills, training participants use numerous…
Smart Environment for Adaptive Learning of Cybersecurity Skills
Jan Vykopal, Pavel Seda, Valdemar Švábenský +1
Hands-on computing education requires a realistic learning environment that enables students to gain and deepen their skills. Available learning environments, including virtual and…
Cyber Key Terrain Identification Using Adjusted PageRank Centrality
Lukáš Sadlek, Pavel Čeleda
The cyber terrain contains devices, network services, cyber personas, and other network entities involved in network operations. Designing a method that automatically identifies ke…
Current Challenges of Cyber Threat and Vulnerability Identification Using Public Enumerations
Lukáš Sadlek, Pavel Čeleda, Daniel Tovarňák
Identification of cyber threats is one of the essential tasks for security teams. Currently, cyber threats can be identified using knowledge organized into various formats, enumera…
HTTPS Event-Flow Correlation: Improving Situational Awareness in Encrypted Web Traffic
Stanislav Špaček, Petr Velan, Pavel Čeleda +1
Achieving situational awareness is a challenging process in current HTTPS-dominant web traffic. In this paper, we propose a new approach to encrypted web traffic monitoring. First,…
Identification of Attack Paths Using Kill Chain and Attack Graphs
Lukáš Sadlek, Pavel Čeleda, Daniel Tovarňák
The ever-evolving capabilities of cyber attackers force security administrators to focus on the early identification of emerging threats. Targeted cyber attacks usually consist of…
Reinforcing Cybersecurity Hands-on Training With Adaptive Learning
Pavel Seda, Jan Vykopal, Valdemar Švábenský +1
This paper presents how learning experience influences students' capability to learn and their motivation for learning. Although each student is different, standard instruction met…
Preventing Cheating in Hands-on Lab Assignments
Jan Vykopal, Valdemar Švábenský, Pavel Seda +1
Networking, operating systems, and cybersecurity skills are exercised best in an authentic environment. Students work with real systems and tools in a lab environment and complete…
Toolset for Collecting Shell Commands and Its Application in Hands-on Cybersecurity Training
Valdemar Švábenský, Jan Vykopal, Daniel Tovarňák +1
When learning cybersecurity, operating systems, or networking, students perform practical tasks using a broad range of command-line tools. Collecting and analyzing data about the c…
Evaluating Two Approaches to Assessing Student Progress in Cybersecurity Exercises
Valdemar Švábenský, Richard Weiss, Jack Cook +5
Cybersecurity students need to develop practical skills such as using command-line tools. Hands-on exercises are the most direct way to assess these skills, but assessing students'…
Scalable Learning Environments for Teaching Cybersecurity Hands-on
Jan Vykopal, Pavel Čeleda, Pavel Seda +2
This Innovative Practice full paper describes a technical innovation for scalable teaching of cybersecurity hands-on classes using interactive learning environments. Hands-on exper…
Cybersecurity Knowledge and Skills Taught in Capture the Flag Challenges
Valdemar Švábenský, Pavel Čeleda, Jan Vykopal +1
Capture the Flag challenges are a popular form of cybersecurity education, where students solve hands-on tasks in an informal, game-like setting. The tasks feature diverse assignme…
KYPO4INDUSTRY: A Testbed for Teaching Cybersecurity of Industrial Control Systems
Pavel Čeleda, Jan Vykopal, Valdemar Švábenský +1
There are different requirements on cybersecurity of industrial control systems and information technology systems. This fact exacerbates the global issue of hiring cybersecurity e…
What Are Cybersecurity Education Papers About? A Systematic Literature Review of SIGCSE and ITiCSE Conferences
Valdemar Švábenský, Jan Vykopal, Pavel Čeleda
Cybersecurity is now more important than ever, and so is education in this field. However, the cybersecurity domain encompasses an extensive set of concepts, which can be taught in…