Кибербезопасность в образовательных сетях

The paper discusses the possible impact of digital space on a human, as well as human-related directions in cyber-security analysis in the education: levels of cyber-security, social engineering role in cyber-security of education, “cognitive vaccination”. “A Human” is considered in general meaning, mainly as a learner. The analysis is provided on the basis of experience of hybrid war in Ukraine that have demonstrated the change of the target of military operations from military personnel and critical infrastructure to a human in general. Young people are the vulnerable group that can be the main goal of cognitive operations in long-term perspective, and they are the weakest link of the System.У статті обговорюється можливий вплив цифрового простору на людину, а також пов'язані з людиною напрямки кібербезпеки в освіті: рівні кібербезпеки, роль соціального інжинірингу в кібербезпеці освіти, «когнітивна вакцинація». «Людина» розглядається в загальному значенні, головним чином як та, що навчається. Аналіз надається на основі досвіду гібридної війни в Україні, яка продемонструвала зміну цілей військових операцій з військовослужбовців та критичної інфраструктури на людину загалом. Молодь - це вразлива група, яка може бути основною метою таких операцій в довгостроковій перспективі, і вони є найслабшою ланкою системи.В документе обсуждается возможное влияние цифрового пространства на человека, а также связанные с ним направления в анализе кибербезопасности в образовании: уровни кибербезопасности, роль социальной инженерии в кибербезопасности образования, «когнитивная вакцинация». «Человек» рассматривается в общем смысле, в основном как ученик. Анализ представлен на основе опыта гибридной войны в Украине, которая продемонстрировала изменение цели военных действий с военного персонала и критической инфраструктуры на человека в целом. Молодые люди являются уязвимой группой, которая может быть главной целью когнитивных операций в долгосрочной перспективе, и они являются самым слабым звеном Систем

Game for Cyber Crime Prevention

Technologies are increasingly becoming a part of the daily lives of younger generations and with no supervised usage of these technologies, teenagers are exposed to various threats. To create awareness in the youth, an educational game about cyber-security was designed and a game prototype was created. The game designed was a detective game, where the player takes the role of a detective to investigate a cyber-crime and to solve the case the player must play several mini-games. Each mini-game has a specific thematic about cyber-security, for example, sharing information in social networks, phishing and the importance of creating strong passwords. In these mini-games the player makes decisions and learn based on that. This prototype was tested by teenagers and there was an improvement of their cyber-security knowledge. A cyber-security educational game may grow cyber-security awareness in younger generations.Este resumo alargado tem como objetivo apresentar o conteúdo deste relatório de uma forma detalhada em Língua Portuguesa, visto que o documento está escrito na Língua Inglesa. Introdução No primeiro capítulo do relatório é apresentado um resumo do projeto através do seu enquadramento e da discussão da motivação por detrás da escolha do mesmo. Na introdução são apontados os objetivos do projeto, a metodologia utilizada, e os resultados esperados. Equadramento, Motivação e Objectivos Atualmente, as tecnologias fazem cada vez mais parte do quotidiano das gerações mais novas da sociedade. Desde bastante novas, as crianças vão tendo contacto com aparelhos como smartphones ou tablets e o mundo virtual, nomeadamente a Internet. Chegando à adolescência, estes jovens têm uma vida virtual ativa através dos seus computadores e telemóveis e, muitas vezes, esta não é acompanhada pelos pais (até porque muitos destes não acompanham os avanços tecnológicos). Assim sendo, estes adolescentes estão expostos a várias ameaças informáticas através dos seus dispositivos. Para educar estes jovens, alertando-os dos riscos que podem correr com os seus smartphones e na Internet, existem várias organizações e projetos que se focam na cyber-segurança, bem como em alertar os pais e educadores dos mesmos. De modo a suportar as ações pedagógicas sobre cyber-segurança tomadas por este tipo de organizações ou por educadores, pretendeu-se o design e o desenvolvimento de um videojogo direcionado para jovens que aborde as ameaças informáticas a que estes estão expostos e que fomente neles uma melhor conduta online. O objetivo principal deste projeto foi desenhar e desenvolver um protótipo de videojogo para smartphone que atente em instruir bons hábitos de cyber-segurança nos jovens e que chame a atenção para os riscos online. Este protótipo servirá como suporte para um conceito de um jogo completo que permita que jovens jogadores consigam, sozinhos, assumir ações responsáveis na Internet. [...

Engineering at San Jose State University, Spring 2015

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Annual Report 2016

Dear Friends, It has been another exciting and productive year for the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. Our students and faculty continue to have an impact internationally, nationally, regionally and locally as you will read in many of the articles in this year’s annual report. As we begin the 2016-17 academic year, we are welcoming our largest and probably most highly qualified class of freshmen. The average ACT score of our 800+ incoming freshmen is 26.1, and nearly 300 of them are part of the College Honors Program. It will be exciting to see the new ideas and enthusiasm these students bring to our College during the next few years. I believe these students are choosing Louisiana Tech because we provide an unparalleled, integrated educational experience not found in most engineering and science programs across the nation. Starting this fall, the Living with Cyber curriculum is being implemented for all incoming Computer Science and Cyber Engineering majors. Modeled after our internationally recognized Living with the Lab engineering curriculum, this year-long series of courses teaches fundamental concepts and skills such as algorithm design, data structures, computer architecture and programming through engaging, hands-on projects to provide relevant frameworks for their applications. To further expand our capability to offer exciting curricula like with Living with Cyber, we hope to break ground on the new Integrated Engineering and Science Education Building this academic year. The $37million facility will provide the College an additional 128,800 square feet of classrooms, laboratories and project spaces, and it will be located on Dan Reneau Drive near Nethken and Bogard Halls. This new space is critically needed, as we have experienced a 25 percent increase in College enrollment over the past three years as well as a 75 percent increase in our incoming freshman class during the same period. The leadership of our College is dedicated to this mission and has revised our strategic plan to focus on five critical initiatives to continue to advance our College’s prominence in integrating engineering and science in education and research. These focal areas are student learning and success, student quality and outreach, research and economic development, national recognition, and promoting diversity and inclusiveness. I invite you to join with us as we continue to strive to prepare the BEST engineers and scientists for tomorrow. Thanks again for your unwavering support of our students, faculty and staff. Best Regards, Hisham Hegab, Ph.D. Dean and Thigpen Professorhttps://digitalcommons.latech.edu/coes-annual-reports/1004/thumbnail.jp

Annual Report 2013

Dear Friends, As we end the 2012-2013 Academic Year, I will begin a new assignment as Vice President for Research and Development at Louisiana Tech. While I am excited about what lies ahead, this is a bittersweet moment for me. Although my office will move to Wyly Tower, I will still be on campus and hope to continue working with alumni, faculty and students in my new capacity, and see you when you are here for Tech events or advisory board meetings. As I look back over my tenure as dean, I am so proud of our faculty, staff and students and what we have accomplished together. Our innovative, hands-on approach to undergraduate education is being emulated around the world, and our scientists and researchers are putting Louisiana Tech on the map. Our faculty has been involved in ground-breaking science, like the discovery of the Higgs-boson, in advanced research in critical areas and in the development of innovative technology for solutions to immediate challenges. Our students have also been recognized. The Eco-marathon team has won awards every year they have competed at the annual Shell event, and our National Society of Black Engineers chapter has been named National Distinguished Chapter of the Year two consecutive years. I am especially proud of our Engineering and Science Foundation Board of Directors. They have stepped up their support of our Campaign for a New Integrated Engineering and Science Building, and I expect we will achieve our goal of raising $7.5M in private funds by the end of the calendar year. I plan to remain involved in this project even as I move into my new role as Vice President. I still believe it is the single most pressing need of the College today. In closing, I will not say good-bye. I will say thank you for your support and guidance, and look forward to seeing you around campus! Sincerely, Stan Napper, Dean and Thigpen Professorhttps://digitalcommons.latech.edu/coes-annual-reports/1007/thumbnail.jp

Advanced energy management system with the incorporation of novel security features

Nowadays, energy management is a subject of great importance and complexity. Pakistan, being in a state of developing country, generates electrical power mainly by using non-renewable sources of energy. Non-renewable entities are fossil fuels such as furnace oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear power. Pakistan has been facing a severe shortage of production in energy sector for last two decades. This shortfall is affecting the industrial development as well as economic growth. With the growing population, the load demand is rapidly increasing and there must be a need to expand the existing ones or to build new power systems. In this paper, an autonomous management system has been proposed to enhance quality, reliability and confidence of utilization of energy between end consumers and suppliers. Such objectives can only be fulfilled by making the power supply secure for end consumers. Distributed and centralized control systems are involved for maintaining a balance between renewable energy resources and base power, so that end consumers demand can be fulfilled when required. A reliable Two-way communication system between suppliers and end consumers has been proposed by using Message Digest algorithm which ensures that there would be no energy theft. Simulations have been done in MATLAB/ Simulink environment and results have been presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed model