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1st Annual Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference has ended
Welcome! The Virginia Cyber Range is hosting the 1st Annual Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA on August 14-15, 2018. This conference is open to all Virginia high school, college, and university faculty, administrators, and partners. Stay up to date on the conference:  Sign up for our newsletter!

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Attendees and Sponsors: Registration is CLOSED. NOTE: Regrets...We are at MAX CAPACITY; NO on-site registrations will be accepted. 
Registration fees (includes CEU certificate, lunch (Day 1), and breakfast & lunch (Day 2)):
     - VA Educator/State/Federal Government Employee: $50
     - Student: $25
     - Industry/Others: $150
     - Sponsors: Three levels available during registration; see below under Sponsorship Opportunities to review.

Conference Objectives
At the end of the conference, attendees will:
  • Understand the challenges facing educators (K12 through university level) in cybersecurity education
  • Learn innovative and effective ways to teach cybersecurity to students using hands-on learning
  • Learn about various state and national cybersecurity educational resources available to educators
  • Understand the history and services provided by the Virginia Cyber Range
  • Understand the hiring needs and skills required to prepare students to successfully enter the cybersecurity workforce
  • Discover ways to get underrepresented student populations excited about and involved in cybersecurity
  • Examine the dangers associated with social media and technology use and how to effectively teach students to safely operate in cyber

Earning Continuing Education Units (CEU)
All attendees are eligible to earn CEUs for attending the conference, but they must sign in each day at the designated CEU table located near registration.

Sponsorship Opportunities: There are many exciting opportunities for your company or organization to be involved with this conference. There are three sponsor packages (Dean’s List and Honor Roll no longer available. Logos received after 7/24 will not be included in printed materials.) from which to choose. Go to our registration site, create an account and sign in to become a sponsor >> here.

There are four tracks for this year’s conference:
  • Cyber Educational Resources
  • Cyber for K12
  • Cyber Workforce
  • Hot Topics
Check out the Schedule tab below for an initial draft of the conference structure.

Questions? Please send an email to conference@virginiacyberrange.org.
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Tuesday, August 14 • 1:00pm - 2:45pm
Using Case Study (Cambridge Analytica) to Teach Cybersecurity Hygiene

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Since a case study is a problem-based approach to support contextual learning, this workshop uses it to explore the Cambridge Analytica scandal regarding harvesting of Facebook data.  The workshop allows participants to discover how to gather and analyze social media data (e.g., Twitter) as well as identify why someone would want to do that. Participants use a data mining web-based tool to conduct social media data analytics (search, analyze, and visualize social media data). This involves searching to identify social network of people with similar interests, extracting keywords to find topic trends (e.g., word map, name map), and conducting pattern analysis to identify sentiment (e.g., joy, anger, frustration).  During the workshop, participants experience how social media data can be exploited and identify what they can do to enhance their own data privacy!
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Edna Reid

Dr. Edna Reid

Associate Professor, James Madison University
Dr. Reid is a retired FBI intelligence analyst and associate professor in the Intelligence Analysis Program, JMU.  At JMU, she designed and taught new courses in cyber intelligence and targeting of cyber adversaries. Cyber intelligence involves tactical and strategic analysis of... Read More →

Using Case Study Reid 2018 pdf
Tuesday August 14, 2018 1:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
ISAT 148
  Cyber Educational Resources, 2hr Workshop

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