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The Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, held annually at Kennesaw State University, GA, USA. CCERP is one of the first major forums for the presentation of pedagogical experience, research findings and industry best practices to support the development and conduct of Information Security curriculum in higher education. Prior to 2016 the conference was branded as the Information Security Curriculum Development Conference. We have rebranded the event to expand the scope of acceptable discussion topics, while retaining a focus on the usability of content for faculty members teaching and researching in information security and cybersecurity. The conference's website (http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/ccerp/) is also host to the document management system for the Conference.
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2017 Proceedings of the Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice - NSF Sponsored Graduate Student Workshop section
The published Proceedings of the Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, held annually at Kennesaw State University, GA, USA. CCERP is one of the first major forums for the presentation of pedagogical experience, research findings and industry best practices to support the development and conduct of Information Security curriculum in higher education. Prior to 2016 the conference was branded as the Information Security Curriculum Development Conference. We have rebranded the event to expand the scope of acceptable discussion topics, while retaining a focus on the usability of content for faculty members teaching and researching in information security and cybersecurity. The website at http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/ccerp is also host to the document management system for the Conference.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1649587
- PAR ID:
- 10024403
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice
- Volume:
- 2016
- Issue:
- 1
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1-60
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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