talk: Cyber4All: Innovating Cybersecurity Education through Design Science and AI

The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab

Cyber4All: Innovating Cybersecurity Education Through Design Science and AI

Blair Taylor and Paige Zaleppa, Towson University

12–1pm, Friday, September 6, 2024 via WebEx

CLARK is a digital repository aimed at advancing cybersecurity education by delivering high-quality curriculum resources to educators throughout the United States. We will explore the design science methodology that guided its development, emphasizing how these principles maintain the repository’s usability and relevance for users. Additionally, the presentation will address the integration of artificial intelligence into CLARK and how its extensive dataset of curriculum content has facilitated this process. Attendees will learn how CLARK meets the changing demands of cybersecurity education and contributes to shaping the next generation of cyber professionals.

Dr. Blair Taylor is the Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary and Innovation Cybersecurity (Cyber4All) and a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Towson University. She is a national expert in cybersecurity education and curriculum development. She worked with NSA’s College of Cyber as a subject matter expert on long-term strategies to increase the pipeline of qualified students and build the nation’s cyber workforce.

Paige Zaleppa is a Ph.D. student in Information Technology at Towson University, where she is studying the intersection of cybersecurity education and artificial intelligence. She has led the development of the CLARK project since late 2019 and has been an adjunct faculty member at Towson University since 2021. She is passionate about connecting educators and students with educational resources that can be utilized to create the next generation of cyber heroes.

Support for this event was provided in part by NSF under SFS grant DGE-1753681. The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab meets biweekly, Fridays 12-1pm.  All meetings are open to the public.