Model of Integration of Cyber Defense Exercises (CDX) in the Process of Training an Information Security Specialist in University

Zinaida Semenova, Natalya Moiseeva, Elena Tolkacheva

2021

Abstract

Against the background of improving the skill of cybercriminals, there is a crisis of expert knowledge of the majority of information security specialists and, as a result, a lack of a sufficient number of highly qualified security personnel. Many experts note the importance of cyber defense exercises as a significant tool for the continuous development of information security competencies. It is revealed that actually there is no system approach to the use of cyber defense exercises in the educational process of universities. In this regard, the purpose of this article is to solve the problem of system integration of cyber defense exercises in the process of training a future information security specialist. This research paper uses the general scientific dialectical method, theoretical and methodological analysis and generalization of technical, scientific and educationalmethodical literature, scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of cybersecurity and cyber defense exercises. It allows to develop a model for integrating cyber defense exercises into the process of training an information security specialist, which reflects how various forms of cyber defense exercises are used at different stages of training (sociotechnical testing, red-teaming, etc.). It is described the mechanism of integration at the level of individual disciplines, a set of disciplines, within the framework of industrial practices and within the framework of the final state certification. In addition, the participation of students in the corresponding scenarios of cyber defense exercises is considered. Integration of the developed model makes possible to improve the quality of training of students, to develop competencies required by a highly qualified information security specialist.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Semenova Z., Moiseeva N. and Tolkacheva E. (2021). Model of Integration of Cyber Defense Exercises (CDX) in the Process of Training an Information Security Specialist in University. In Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference on Computer and Information Security - Volume 1: INFSEC, ISBN 978-989-758-531-9, pages 156-162. DOI: 10.5220/0010620300003170

in Bibtex Style

@conference{infsec21,
author={Zinaida Semenova and Natalya Moiseeva and Elena Tolkacheva},
title={Model of Integration of Cyber Defense Exercises (CDX) in the Process of Training an Information Security Specialist in University},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference on Computer and Information Security - Volume 1: INFSEC,},
year={2021},
pages={156-162},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010620300003170},
isbn={978-989-758-531-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference on Computer and Information Security - Volume 1: INFSEC,
TI - Model of Integration of Cyber Defense Exercises (CDX) in the Process of Training an Information Security Specialist in University
SN - 978-989-758-531-9
AU - Semenova Z.
AU - Moiseeva N.
AU - Tolkacheva E.
PY - 2021
SP - 156
EP - 162
DO - 10.5220/0010620300003170