Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop & Capstone Project Expo at University of South Carolina
The Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop & Capstone Project Expo, hosted by the Department of Integrated Information Technology (IIT) for the Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC programs at the University of South Carolina, focused on addressing cybersecurity workforce needs. The event featured projects related to enhancing the preparation of next-generation cyber professionals, collaborating with industry and government partners, and providing opportunities to earn credentials in information assurance. Explore the initiatives undertaken to strengthen the curriculum, deploy cloud systems, and bridge the gap in recruiting for the American military's cyber force.
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Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop & Capstone Project Expo Department of Integrated Information Technology (IIT) Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC programs University of South Carolina Jorge Crichigno, IIT December 1st, 2020 1
ONRs Cyber Project Enhancing the Preparation of Next-generation Cyber Professionals (2020) South Carolina cybersecurity needs SRNL, Fort Jackson, Shaw Air Force Base, private industry Recruiting the American military s cyber force is more difficult than ever DoD has been struggling to hire more than 8,000 cyber positions (2018)1 The College of Engineering and Computing is addressing the workforce needs: Strengthening the curriculum Providing undergraduate applied research Deploying cloud systems w/ open source and professional tools Collaborating with industry, government (Cisco, Palo Alto, Intel, Juniper, VMware) Cybersecurity job openings in four metro areas near Columbia, Feb. 2020 1. J. Lynch, Inside the Pentagon s Struggle to Build a Cyber Force, Fifth Domain publication, October 29, 2018. Online: https://tinyurl.com/yyelqomp 2
ONRs Cyber Project Option to earn credentials DoD s Information Assurance (IA) workforce is classified in IA technical (IAT): Level 1 (IAT 1): Computing environment information assurance Level 2 (IAT 2): Network environment information assurance Level 3 (IAT 3): Enclave, advanced network & computer information assurance NICE: National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NIST) 3
Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop & Capstone Project Expo Department of Integrated Information Technology (IIT) Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC programs University of South Carolina Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity (Main room) http://ce.sc.edu/cyberinfra/onr_workshop.html 4
Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop & Capstone Project Expo Department of Integrated Information Technology (IIT) Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC programs University of South Carolina Capstone projects (Breakout Rooms) Room 9: HIS International Room 10: FSU Collaborative Network Design Proposal (A) Room 11: FSU Collaborative Network Design Proposal (B) Room 12: FSU Collaborative Network Design Proposal (C) Room 13: FSU Collaborative Network Design Proposal (D) Room 14: SET Internet Marketing Room 15: Fivable Cybersecurity Room 16: Commercial Arbitration Room 1: Boeing Room 2: Fluor ATLS Room 3: Fluor Office Location System Room 4: RCL (Royal Caribbean) Risk Reduction Room 5: RCL CASB Room 6: Noyce Room 7: CFEC Database Room 8: CFEC Toolbox To enter a breakout room, please check at the bottom of your screen. If you do not see this symbol, please ask for assistance in the chat window 5
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection with Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) Dakota McDaniel Brian Nelson Senior IIT student From Chapin, SC but have moved all around the states due his dad s time in the Army Senior IIT student Experience in commercial, military, and government positions; recently secured a position as a Senior Security Analyst 6
Mitigating Routing Hijacking Attacks Jack Sadle Matthew Driver Senior IIT student, ROTC w/ Minor in Military Science Enlisted in the US Army Signal Corps as a 25B IT Specialist since 2017 Senior IIT student, ROTC He has been in the military for seven years, including one year in Syria 7
Protection against Reconnaissance and Scan Attacks Christopher Ngo Kyle Radzak Junior CS student, ROTC Awarded the Army s Enlisted Military Occupational Specialties (MOB) 25B, IT Specialists Senior IIT student A Resident Mentor on campus for the past 3 years 8
Site-to-site Virtual Private Network (VPN) with NGFWs Nathan Bohmer Josue Hernandez Senior IIT student Initially enrolled in Mechanical Engineering; developed interest in cyber after taking ITEC 493 IT Security Senior IIT student USC s gamecock fan all his life; interest in cybersecurity 9
Protection against Brute-force Attacks with NGFW Brendan Curran Lauren Waddell Senior CS student, ROTC From Odenton, MD; he is training to be a US Army officer Senior IIT student From Irmo, SC; motivated in cybersecurity after taking ITEC 493 IT Security and ITEC 390 Cyber-operations 10
Site-to-site VPN with Routers Ryan Tallent Junior IIT student, working to become an expert in cyber security Navy Veteran, deployed in the Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003) 11
OSPF Instructional Documentation Keegan Sprankle Senior IIT student, interest in cyber security and networks Working with UofSC s Cyberinfrastructure Lab in projects related to routing protocols 12
