Twenty technology teachers from around the Mid-Atlantic, including one from the Shenandoah Valley (Mount Jackson), are spending this week at James Madison University to learn about cybersecurity technology and designing curricula to train their students about cybersecurity.
The teachers are participating in a GenCyber Boot Camp funded by the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation. The camp is one of more than 40 being held this year across the country. Now in its third year, the NSA and NSF plan to grow the GenCyber program to 200 camps by 2020.
Bootcamp participants will learn:
- The basics of setting up and administering both Windows and Linux operating systems
- Hardening techniques for both Windows and Linux hosts
- What tools attackers commonly use to perform reconnaissance and gather useful information in preparation for an attack
- How and why attackers perform password cracking, network sniffing, and other attacks
- How defenders utilize intrusion detection systems, integrity checkers, network monitors, and standard utilities on both Windows and Linux systems that aid in incident response
All participants selected for the boot camp received a $1,000 stipend to cover their travel, food, and lodging costs.
More information about GenCyber is available at https://www.gen-cyber.com/.
A second GenCyber boot camp at JMU will be held July 11-15.
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