Delivering e-Security Education through e-Learning

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Delivering e-Security Education throughe-Learning

• V.K.Sharma
• Lakshmi Kalyani
• CDAC, Noida

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Need of e-Security Education

• Information security is required at all levels
• personal level,
• corporate level,
• state and country level.
• In any company, the integrity of its systems and
  the data contained within, including issues of
  customer privacy should be looked after very
  closely at protecting its literal and electronic
  borders.

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Market Survey

• NASSCOM predicts requirement of 1,88,000
  e-Security professionals by the year 2008.
• Lack of entry level courses and certifications in
  information security market.
• Security compliance is must for all companies
  with IT backbone.
• ITITES industry requires security experts.
• Cross training people in security is an asset to
  any organization.
• Information workers lack of basic security
  knowledge causes huge financial losses.
• NASSCOM points out that IT Security Education is
  the need for the hour.

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Information Security hacking market in India

• Reported cases of nearly 15,000 cyber crimes in
  India in an year (Source NDTV Profit)
• Fastest growing Internet user market
• Among Top 10 countries in terms of cyber crimes
• Cyber security business in India is currently
  worth US 1.5 billion
• Cyber security business has a high growth rate of
  30 percent.
• Number of hackers are three times the security
  professionals.

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Challenges for e-security education through
e-learning mode

• To impart the education in the traditional
  classroom mode or through e-Learning mode.
• The type of e-security knowledge required to be
  provided.
• To categorize the e-security information as per
  the requirement of different kinds of users.
• To identify the users to whom the e-Security
  education is to be provided.
• To design the syllabus according to different
  user perspectives.
• To develop the contents in such a way so as to
  enable the learners to understand clearly the
  theoretical concepts, practical explanation, real
  time solutions etc.

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Importance of e-Learning approach

• e-Learning mode is most effective for users such
  as working professionals, students pursuing their
  studies etc ,such as
• For imparting training with anytime, anywhere,
  any place methodology
• For broader audience coverage
• 24x7 information content availability
• Click learn technique
• For faster learning in cost effective way

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Relevance of e-Learning methodology to the
e-security education

• Greater need for training to the masses
• Frequent up gradation of content for various
  categories of users
• Minimum training budgets and learning cost
• Distributed learner base makes classroom training
  difficult.

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Current project Design Development of
e-learning contents for e-security solution
developers

• A project of DIT, MCIT (Ministry of
  Communications Information
• Technology)

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e-learning Facilities available at CDAC

• Resources available
• H/W Fully capable database server, Content
  Server, Application Server.
• S/W
• Content authoring publishing tools
• Multimedia tools,
• Learning Management System.
• Dedicated team One exclusively dedicated team
  for content development.

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Highlights of the project

• Categorization of e-security contents for three
  categories of users namely
• (I) Postgraduate /Engg. Students
• (II) System Administrators/Officers in charge of
• e- security
• (III) Scientists
• Designed the curriculum of contents for the
  three categories of users.
• Curriculum approved from eminent e-security
  experts and professors

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Content Development Strengths at CDAC
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Architecture for implementation- Deployment of
content
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Use of the e-Learning contents on e-security

• The developed e-Learning contents would provide
  various case studies with varying levels of
  complexity and security to enable the
  understanding of the development of e-security
  solutions.
• The case studies would be categorized according
  to the target group of users and according to the
  complexity of the requirements. The case studies
  can also feature the existing tools, which can be
  modified and updated as per the user requirements.

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Use of the e-Learning contents on e-security

• The contents provide linkage of the case studies
  with the inherent algorithm and mathematical
  models
• Case study Detailed explanation of the
  algorithm (crypto algo )
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• Number systems
  mathematical models involved
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• Implementation of the algorithm in a sample
  application using programming language
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• Usage of the
  application as a e- security solution

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Conclusion

• The developed contents for students (first
  category of users ) would be available in a
  couple of months, for the use of public and
  masses.
• The motive is to educate as many people as
  possible at their own pace, place and time ,
  which would be effectively possible through
  e-learning mode.
• It is thus expected from various Engg. Colleges ,
  Educational institutions and Industries
  imparting training to obtain the registration for
  accessing the developed advanced e-security
  contents through e-learning mode.

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Implementation
Student Registers
Student is assigned UserId and Password
Log into Content server at C-DAC Noida and attend
contact sessions
Personal Page
Content Server provided by C-DAC Noida
Practice sessions simulating lab sessions
Appears for review tests and Online tests
Solved Question Papers
Participates in bulletin board
Working models and Interactive Quiz