Cyber Practicals

For UK Universities, the BCS Guidelines on course accreditation (Appendix 1) require students to show knowledge and understanding of cyber security in five themes:

• Information and Risk
• Threats and Attacks
• Cybersecurity Architecture and Operations
• Secure Systems and Products
• Cybersecurity Management

Of course, technical exercises alone will not meet these learning outcomes, but they can contribute usefully to the teaching and to student engagement. The exercises are essentially technical so they contribute little to the management category, the table below compares the BCS themes with the current cyber-practicals exercises. Inside the matrix is the type of subject or module in which the combination might be included.