01285nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001700054700001700071700001300088700001600101245006500117856005800182520087300240022001401113       2005                            d  c2005-091 aL.J. Hoffman1 aT. Rosenberg1 aR. Dodge1 aD. Ragsdale00aExploring a national cybersecurity exercise for universities  uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/15143973 aIn cybersecurity competitions, participants either create new or protect preconfigured information systems and then defend these systems against attack in a real-world setting. Institutions should consider important structural and resource-related issues before establishing such a competition. Critical infrastructures increasingly rely on information systems and on the Internet to provide connectivity between systems. Maintaining and protecting these systems requires an education in information warfare that doesn't merely theorize and describe such concepts. A hands-on, active learning experience lets students apply theoretical concepts in a physical environment. Craig Kaucher and John Saunders found that even for management-oriented graduate courses in information assurance, such an experience enhances the students' understanding of theoretical concepts.   a1540-7993