The UWF Cyber Battle Lab: A Hands-On Computer Lab for Teaching and Research in Cyber Security

摘要

With a dramatic increase in cyber threats over the last decade, government and industry alike have recognized the pressing need to combat the ever growing cyber attacks on networks and systems. Educational institutions play an important role in researching technology that improve resiliency of systems as well as growing a workforce that understands cyber security challenges and can study and combat cyber attacks. The Computer Science Department at the University of West Florida (UWF) has built a Cyber Battle Laboratory to support undergraduate and graduate education, faculty research and public/private partnerships. Faculty and students can freely experiment with methods of attacks, detection and prevention in a controlled and isolated environment without affecting the campus network or the Internet. The lab is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to assist faculty in reconfiguring the environment for instructional and research purposes. It has been successfully used for classroom instruction and outreach activities at UWF.