K-12 Cyber Security Education FY19 Brigade Chief’s and DAI Training Workshop

1. K-12 Cyber Security EducationFY19 Brigade Chief’s and DAI Training Workshop Dr. Aubrey Jones School of Arts and Sciences Virginia Union University

2. Agenda • Workforce Development • Why Cyber Security? • Threats • Why Franklin Military Academy • National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC) • NICERC Curriculum Threads • Support Programs • Curriculum Recommendations • Program Goals and Objectives • Teacher Incentives and Training Support • Transition to Secondary Education • Q and A

3. Workforce Development • Exe Order 13801: Expanding Apprenticeship in America ($150M) • NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR: Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies • Apprenticeships provide affordable paths to good jobs and careers • Increase the number of apprentices in the nation across all industries • Directs the Federal government to “promote apprenticeships and effective workforce development programs” • Encourages trade and industry groups, employers, educational institutions, unions, joint labor-management organizations, and other third parties to collaborateand create new apprenticeship solutions

4. Workforce Development • NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) Program • Focus on workforce development • Increase in the number of schools in the program • CHALLENGES:educator shortage, competency measurement, K-12 pipeline • Dr. Deanne Cranford-Wesley: Department Chair, David iTEC Center, Forsyth Technical Community College • JROTC Co-Curricular Activities • “to demonstrate their attainment of lesson outcomes” • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Camp

5. Why Cyber Security • 22nd Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE) in New Orleans, LA. June 2018. • Dr. William V. Maconachy Opening Remarks: Board Chairman • The goal of CISSE is to transform the current state of cybersecurity education into programs which integrate cybersecurity across all curricula. • “look … to all universities, to all 2-year, and … k-12 communities at large”

6. Threats • Cyber threats represent a new, and perhaps more deadly set of weapons of mass destruction • “Hyperwar” U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings Magazine – the use of artificial intelligence in cyber warfare that requires near instantaneous responses. • FBI’s national announcement of a Russian cyber attack against business and home routers • The cybersecurity knowledge and skills are no longer distinct from the essential skill sets for the modern day workers

7. Why Franklin Military Academy • Franklin Military Academy • Fully Accredited with 98% Graduation Rate • Military Discipline • Skilled and Talented Teaching Staff • 92% Reading Proficiency • 74% Mathematics Proficiency • 32% of Seniors Take Advanced Placement Exams

8. National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC) • The product of The Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) located in Bossier City, LA. • NICERC is the academic outreach division of the CIC funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) • Develops and distributes scalable educational materials for teaching the next-generation of a cyber-literate workforce.  • The lead technical institution for DHS’s Cybersecurity Educational efforts

9. NICERC Curricula Threads (Con’t) • STEM: Explore, Discover, Apply (6th through 8th Grade) • For middle school students • Hands on projects to improve problem solving and critical thinking • Integrate Engineering Design Process • Cyber Literacy, Science, Society and Physics ( 9th through 12th Grade) • Cyber Literacy I: Electricity, Programming, Robotics and Liberal Arts • Cyber Literacy II: Systems Engineering and Liberal Arts • Cyber Science • Programming Basics • Foundations of Computer Science • Networking and Security • Artificial Intelligence • Ethics and Social Issues

10. NICERC Curricula Threads • Cyber Society • Cyber Law • Cyber Ethics • Cyber Terrorism • Cyber Communities • Cyber Business • Physics • Electricity and Magnetism • Work and Mechanics • Light and Optics • Waves and Sound • Thermal Fluids and Heat Transfer

11. Support Programs • The Virginia Cyber Range • Educational and research institute • $2-million grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia • Promote education in cybersecurity across the state. • Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. • Integrate Virginia’s Cyber Range for Students and Teachers • Provides Courseware repository for educators • Hands on cyber security labs and exercises for students

12. Cyber Course Integration Recommendations • Require STEM Explore Discover Apply (EDA) at 6th, 7th and 8th Grades • Require Cyber Literacy, Science and Society, Physics and Advanced Math at 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades • Pre-requisites require completion of STEM EDA in 6th, 7th and 8th grades • Teachers and Administrators must have completed cyber training coursework

13. Program Goals and Objectives Goals • Develop / enhance cyber security workforce • Create cyber security pipeline into colleges and universities Objectives • Integrate cyber security into cadet curriculum at Franklin Military Academy • Use already developed NICERC subject matter to enhance the JROTC curriculum • Encourage cadets to choose cyber security profession • Start academy program in the 2020 school year • Solicit a partnership with industry that results in a cyber lab for FMA

14. Teacher Incentives and Training Support • Identify/partner with IHL and apply for National Science Foundation funding • Apply for Cyber Education and Training Assistance Program (CETAP) cyber training for teacher support funding

15. Teacher Professional Development • Middle School Teachers Professional Development • STEM Explore Discover Apply (STEM EDA) Workshops • Sampling Modules from STEM EDA curricula • Engage in the Engineering Design Process • High School Teachers Professional Development • Cyber Literacy: robotics, programming, electricity, liberal arts • Computer Science: introduction of SMEs in literacy disciplines • Cyber Showcase: 1 day professional development workshop for middle/high teachers • Education Discovery Forum: Annual Discovery Forum: Summer Workshops

16. Transition to Secondary Education • Norfolk State University • Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) • Old Dominion University (ODU) Center of Excellence in Cyber Security (COE-CS): Cyber Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation (CMSA&E). • MS Cyber Security • Virginia Union University • Computer Information Systems and Computer Science • Mathematics and Computer Science • Virginia Tech (NSA/CAE) • Undergraduate and graduate degrees in cyber security • National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense Research • National CAE in Cyber Operations • Cybercorps Scholarship for Service School