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Cyber Summer Camp

Educational Week for High School Students

Age Groups: 7th – 12th Grade Students
Dates: July 18-22, 2022
Time: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Boise State University’s College of Engineering
Cost: $150 (Scholarships Available)
Registration: Taking Students on Past Original Deadlines,

The Cyber Operations and Resilience Program or CORe for short is hosting the Cyber Summer Camp for junior high and high school students (7th-12th grade) to provide students with a hands-on experience to the world of information technology and cybersecurity. Students will learn the basics of information technology and security, as well as cybersecurity basics.

You will have the opportunity to:

Learn what’s in a computer
Install an operating system
Build a network
Learn what a cyber blue team does

NSA Gencyber Teacher Camp 2022

Security Awareness for General Education Teachers

The GenCyber Teacher Camp at Boise State University allows participants to understand security procedures, practices, and threats regardless of their knowledge level in IT/CS. The goal of this non-residential program is to help participants understand the dangers that come with using Internet, social media, and smart devices and increase their knowledge of system vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and protections.

Information Sessions:

We have hosted three information sessions (5-6 PM on March 14th, March 30th and April 20th) via zoom. The information session gave an overview of the camps.

Summer Camps:

When & Where

Two camps will be offered in the Boise State Computer Science Department in downtown Boise (777 West Main St. Boise, ID 83702). Breakfast and lunch is provided each day.

1st camp: July 11, 2022 – July 15, 2022, 8:30am-4:30pm
2nd camp: July 18, 2022 – July 22, 2022, 8:30am-4:30pm

Objectives

The GenCyber program at Boise State University is designed for secondary education teachers in Southwest Idaho and the Boise area to:

Create local cyber security awareness
Build a community of practice to promote cyber security for everyone
Design, develop, implement, and evaluate lesson plans for teachers in the area of security and privacy
Provide cyber security resources and make them accessible to the community

Program Goals

Maintain/expand the secondary teacher community for cybersecurity education we have built in 2017, 2019 and 2021.
Promote cybersecurity education to as many students as possible by delivering cybersecurity lessons in all subject areas in secondary schools.
Provide cybersecurity teaching/learning resources and follow-up opportunities to support teacher participants throughout the school year.

Topics

Topics include password protection, phishing, cryptography, virus, Trojans, wireless and network security, and Sphero BOLT robots are taught in class, from which participants are exposed to all ten cybersecurity first principles.

Class Form

Team-Based Learning (TBL), an Evidence-Based Instructional Practice, will be used to create an engaged community of learners.

Preliminaries

All hands-on activities are unplugged and only simple mathematical preliminary knowledge is needed, thus appropriate to all teachers with different backgrounds. In addition, pre-camp materials are shared, allowing participants to gain some preliminary knowledge.

Stipend and Credits

Teachers selected to participate in these workshops receive a $750 stipend:

$500 (summer camp) + $50 (parking support)
$100 (post-camp activity 1 in Fall 2022)
$100 (post-camp activity 2 in Spring 2023)

In addition, two professional education credits are offered and participants take home a Sphero BOLT.

Cyber Informed Engineering Training

Asynchronous Online Course: A Training for Professionals and Educators

Mode of Instruction: A seven-week, asynchronous online course with a virtual kick-off meeting and weekly office hours.
Virtual Kick-Off Meeting: June 24, 2022. 9:00-10:00am
Regristration: Participate through professional development or through non-degree seeking pathway by earning 1-credit hour of graduate course work for the Cyber Operations and Resilience (CORe) MS degree.
For Idaho educators, this training is available at no cost. Seats are limited for both options. Please contact Sin Ming Loo at smloo@boisestate.edu.
Professional Development (Enroll by June 24, 2022): https://broncolearn.boisestate.edu/
browse/allcourses/extended studies/course/su22-core-514-cyber-informed-engineering
Earning Graduate Credit as Non-Degree Seeking (Start the application by June 20, 2022): https://www.boisestate.edu/graduatecollege/degree-programs/nondegree-seeking-student

Join us on a 7-week journey to learn more about cyber informed engineering
(CIE). In this training/course, you will be introduced to the secure design
principles and CIE framework. Today’s engineers must now plan how to
design out cyber risk from the beginning and throughout the entire lifecycle
of a system. CIE helps learners understand and mitigate the inherent risks
of digital technology by introducing a mindset to encourage participants
to identify the most important information and operations within a system
along with the appropriate detection and defense to ensure resilience and
integrity of critical infrastructure systems. It is also for educators looking to incorporate cybersecurity into their curriculum.
Topics:

Introduction to Secure Systems Design
Security Architecture – Developing a Security Culture
Active Defense: Establish the Context
Supply Chain Considerations
Adversarial Thinking – Making Compromise Difficult
Resilience and Self-Healing: Making Disruption Difficult
Make Compromise Detection Easier and Reduce the Impact of Compromise

Instructor: Sin Ming Loo, PhD, is the Director of the Cyber Operations and Resilience Program and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University. He holds a joint-appointment with Idaho National Laboratory.

Cybersecurity Workshop

Workshop for High School Teachers to Learn and Teach Cybersecurity

Registration Deadline:Friday, May 31, 2022
Date: June 9th and June 10th 9am – 5pm
Participant Cost: $50
Professional Education Cost: $60 paid by the Concurrent Enrollment Program.
Register: Contact Michelle Steffens, M.Ed Online Program Manager – CORe (208)426-1896 michellesteffens@boisestate.edu
Location: Boise State University campus.

Parking will be provided.

Lunch will be provided

Join us for a two-day PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT opportunity for high school instructors in any discipline who are interested in Cybersecurity. The workshop will examine the basic concept of a system and how it relates to security principles and practices and will examine the threats to computers, devices, and information systems that seek to access, modify, damage, delete, or withhold personal and sensitive information. It will also provide an understanding of the security defenses an individual and organization can take to mitigate the various threats to computers, devices and information systems. The lesson plans can be offered as a concurrent enrollment course (CPS 100) to support high school students.

TOPICS will include:

The Internet and Systems Thinking
Introduction to Information Security
Personal, Computer, Internet, and Mobile Security
Cybersecurity Management

Presenters

Sin Ming Loo, PhD, is the Director of Cyber Operations and Resilience Program and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University. He holds a joint-appointment with Idaho National Laboratory.

Eleanor Taylor is the Cybercore Program Manager for Workforce Development and University Partnerships within the National and Homeland Security (N&HS) directorate at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). She is responsible for accelerating and expanding interdisciplinary talent pipeline efforts to address critical control systems challenges across the nation.

Jana Richens is the Workforce Development Coordinator for Cybercore Integration Center within the N&HS directorate at INL. She is responsible for supporting workforce development efforts including intern program support, STEM outreach and events, and university engagements.

GenCyber Cybersecurity Summer Camp for Idaho High School Students (Girls Only)

Age Groups: High School Students
Dates: July 12-16, 2021
Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Will be held virtually
Cost: Free
Registration: Deadline Extended, Apply for Girls Only GenCyber As Soon as Possible
Enrollment is limited to 32.
Description: Computer Science faculty and staff will introduce and cement knowledge of cybersecurity first principles, increase the curiosity of the participants about the field of cybersecurity, encourage participants to seek further education in cybersecurity and motivate participants to seek a career in cybersecurity.

GenCyber Cybersecurity Summer Camp for Idaho High School Students (Boys and Girls)

Age Group: High School
Dates: July19-23, 2021
Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Will be held virtually
Cost: Free
Registration: Deadline Extended, Apply for GenCyber Cybersecurity Summer Camp for Idaho High School Students ASAP
Enrollment is limited to 32.
Description: Computer Science faculty and staff will introduce and cement knowledge of cybersecurity first principles, increase the curiosity of the participants about the field of cybersecurity, encourage participants to seek further education in cybersecurity and motivate participants to seek a career in cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity Entrepreneurship Challenge

Date: October 11-18, 2021
Cost: Free
Description: Boise State University’s Institute for Pervasive Cybersecurity and Venture College are excited to offer the Cybersecurity Entrepreneur Challenge to higher education students across Idaho. Participants will form interdisciplinary teams to solve cybersecurity challenges faced across the globe while building a venture. Students will work with companies in the Treasure Valley and pitch for cash prizes. Finalists will pitch during Boise Entrepreneur Week!