Invitation to participate in a cybersecurity CATS workshop at UMBC to develop CCA questions
Posted on 13 Nov 2017 9:34 AM

Greetings CAE in Cybersecurity Community! The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is hosting a workshop on the CATS Project. The Cybersecurity Assessment Tools (CATS) project is providing rigorous instruments for assessing and evaluating educational practices. We are now developing our second CAT, a Cybersecurity Curriculum Assessment (CCA) tool.  The CCA measures how well curricula prepared students graduating from college on fundamentals needed for careers in cybersecurity.  We will generate at least twenty-five multiple-choice assessment items that will compose the CCA.

UMBC is currently seeking 20 people (10 local, 10 distant) participate in a two-day workshop February 19-20, 2018, near UMBC to help develop questions for a CCA  tool as part of the CATS Project.  A grant provided by the DoD, will pay for all reasonable travel expenses.  (Please see attached agenda.)

If you would like  to attend, please fill out the pre-event survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K5PY6HG

Also,  UMBC is also looking for a simple letter of support for the CATS grant proposal to NSF SFS Capacity. (See below for a sample letter.)

Sample support letter/email

To: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, UMBC

I agree to participate in the Cybersecurity Assessment Tools (CATS) Project.

During the 2018-2019 academic year, I will:  [select the items that apply] administer the draft CCI to at least [NUMBER] students (from various security courses at my  school); provide an expert review of the draft CCI; attend a workshop near UMBC February 19-20; and fill out a detailed questionnaire about how I teach cybersecurity.

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