Amos O. Olagunju

In Search of Effective Honeypot and Honeynet Systems for Real-Time Intrusion Detection and Prevention

A honeypot is a deception tool for enticing attackers to make efforts to compromise the electronic information systems of an organization. A honeypot can serve as an advanced security surveillance tool for use in minimizing the risks of attacks on information technology systems and networks. Honeypots are useful for providing valuable insights into potential system security loopholes. The current research investigated the effectiveness of the use of centralized system management technologies called Puppet and Virtual Machines in the implementation automated honeypots for intrusion detection, correction and prevention. A centralized logging system was used to collect information of the source address, country and timestamp of intrusions by attackers. The unique contributions of this research include: a demonstration how open source technologies is used to dynamically add or modify hacking incidences in a high-interaction honeynet system; a presentation of strategies for making honeypots more attractive for hackers to spend more time to provide hacking evidences; and an exhibition of algorithms for system and network intrusion prevention.

Harmonizing the Interests of Free Speech, Obscenity, and Child Pornography in Cyberspace: The New Roles of Parents, Technology, and Legislation for Internet Safety

Inadvertent access to website addresses and spam e-mails continue to make pornography rampant on the Internet in schools, homes, and libraries. Collectively, parents, teachers, and members of the community must become more aware of the risks and consequences of open access to the Internet, and the distinction between censorship and Internet access filtering. Parental involvement is crucial for raising children with healthy Internet habits to access social and educational materials. Although generations have coped with different times and trials, technology is ushering in new trials. Parents and communities cannot ignore the present and future technology ingrained into the lives of children. This paper contends that parents armed with legislation and technological security devices for access to the Internet ought to strengthen the character of online Internet safety. The discussion is focused on the roles that parents, communities, technology, and laws should play in order to protect children from obscene and pornographic threats from cyberspace. It is argued that the roles of education and technology should outweigh the legislative interventions of governments. A critique of significant litigations and laws on obscenity and pornography is presented. The paper offers a variety of security tools and techniques for protecting children from Internet access to obscene and pornographic materials. The impacts of pornographic materials on the welfare of children, adolescents, women, and families are discussed.

Keeping up with web development trends

Craig S. Miller (moderator) DePaul University Chicago, IL USA 60604 1 312 362-5085 cmiller@cdm.depaul.edu Jack Zheng Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA USA 30060 1 678 915-5036 jackzheng@spsu.edu Randy Connolly Mount Royal University Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3E 6K6 1 403 440-6061 rconnolly@mtroyal.ca Amos Olagunju St Cloud State University St Cloud, MN USA 56301 1 320 308-5696 aoolagunju@stcloudstate.edu

Revamping the IT Curriculum with Agile and DevOps Methodology

Information technology students need to learn the concepts and tools for Agile and DevOps methodology. What are the principles of Agile and DevOps? How is Agile different from DevOps? What set of Agile and DevOps skills should student learn and how? What kinds of case-based projects should be designed to promote learning of Agile and DevOps skills? This enlightening talk discusses these and other questions. The presentation provides scripts for automating the setup of DevOps tools.

MySecurityLab: A Generic Tool for Self-paced Learning of Security Controls

Information technology students and employees in organizations require a tool for self-paced learning of the administration of technical security controls in stand-alone and network systems. This enlightening talk presents the design and implementation of an interactive tool with a graphical user interface. The tool will enable current and future IT professionals to achieve proficiency in the applications of technical security mechanisms. The presentation provides a brief demonstration of the initial version of the tool and engages the audience to provide feedback.

The Impacts of Digital Transformation, Agile, and DevOps on Future IT curricula

Prior practices such as waterfall software development, project management, and IT process frameworks are being questioned, and workforce requirements changing in response. IT education must keep current with these digital trends. Present programs and curricula do not adequately meet the rapidly emerging demand for digitally-skilled professionals. To address this urgent need, the lightening talk discusses needs for digital transformation, Agile and DevOps skills. This lightening talk presents the first version of an IT curriculum reference guide recently developed for use in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. The audience will be able to use this guide to embed digital and DevOps skills into new IT curriculum, modify existing IT curriculum, or develop new courses/programs for IT.

Graduate follow up as a vehicle for CSIT curriculum assessment and improvement

Internal and external program reviews are useful for targeting areas of Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT) curriculums for revision and improvement. The successful working graduates from CSIT programs are perhaps the knowledge experts in the areas of curriculum that need to be improved. This paper argues in favor of surveying practicing CSIT graduates in industry to gather pertinent information for revamping curriculum. The paper discusses the results of a survey used to revise the instruction and core curriculum of the degree programs in Network Information Security (NIS) and Computer Network Modeling and Simulation (CNMS) at St. Cloud State University. The paper also presents the elements of a generic tool for a comprehensive student learning outcome assessment.