Instructors Needed to Lead Virtual Cybersecurity Career Challenge: Virtual Train-the-Trainer Workshop
NCyTE needs more cybersecurity instructors to lead the popular Virtual Cyber Career Challenge. Participants in the virtual train-the-trainer workshop will be observing and participating in the spring VCCC which gets underway the week of April 10th. Participants should expect to spend 15 and 20 hours completing the workshop. A stipend is available for eligible instructors. Register by March 27.
Who should apply
College/university instructors who are currently teaching in a cybersecurity program.
Train-the-Trainer requirements (all meetings are virtual)
- Attend an introductory meeting on April 5th with VCCC instructor.
- Attend six or more VCCC weekly spring team meetings.
- Lead one of the weekly student spring team meetings.
- Provide feedback to improve the VCCC.
- Attend instructor train-the-training meetings.
Train-the-Trainer schedule*
- April 5 – Introductory meeting (required)
- April 10 – Student workshop begins: Introduction to programming work roles
- April 17 - Introduction to the network requirements and team selection
- April 24 - Network admin basics, Kanban, Gantt charts, Visio diagrams
- May 1 to June 5 - Teams work independently and receive guidance on network management and pentest prep
- June 12 - Pentest
- June 15 - Team presentations
- TBD – Final train-the-trainer meeting (required)
* The exact weekly dates and times will be based on student availability and determined before April 10th. Meetings are usually an hour long and occur in the afternoon (between 2 and 4 pm PST).
About the Spring VCCC workshop
Students are assigned to a team and must complete a project where they configure, operate, protect, and defend a network of machines. Throughout the workshop, they are developing technical abilities and team skills. They will spend between 160 and 180 hours completing the project.
Instructors who lead/teach the workshop take on the role of employer and consultant. They help organize the teams and meet with them as a group weekly to discuss their progress and challenges. Instructors will help teams identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks to keep them on track.
Want to learn more? Watch January 20, 2023, NCyTE membership meeting at https://www.ncyte.net/membership/membership-information/monthly-member-meetings. Dr. Vincent Nestler leads a discussion on the last year's VCCC.
Instructor:
Dr. Vincent Nestler
Senior Personnel, NCyTE Center
Associate Professor, California State University - San Bernardino
NCyTE is funded by National Science Foundation Grant #2054724.