Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Title

SIGCSE 2024 - Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Abstract

Developing expertise in vulnerability research is critical to closing the cybersecurity workforce shortage. However, very few institutions have adopted vulnerability research into their cybersecurity curriculum, and fewer have examined how to teach this skill to students. The recent emergence of lightweight, container-based virtualization presents a unique opportunity to address this challenge by offering reproducible environments that ease course facilitation. This paper presents an undergraduate vulnerability course design. Our approach leverages a hands-on methodology that challenges students to develop complex binary exploits over our lectures, labs, and exams. We share our detailed design, labs, experiences, lessons learned, and a lightweight virtual environment for this course for others to build on our initial success. © 2024 Owner/Author.

First Page

986

DOI

10.1145/3626252.3630911

Publication Date

2024

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