Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop Capstone Project

Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop & Capstone Project Expo Department of Integrated Information Technology (IIT) Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC programs University of South Carolina Jorge Crichigno, IIT December 1 st, 2020 1

ONR’s Cyber Project • “Enhancing the Preparation of Next-generation Cyber Professionals” (2020) • South Carolina cybersecurity needs Ø SRNL, Fort Jackson, Shaw Air Force Base, private industry • Recruiting the American military’s cyber force is more difficult than ever Ø Do. D has been struggling to hire more than 8, 000 cyber positions (2018)1 • The College of Engineering and Computing is addressing the workforce needs: Ø Strengthening the curriculum Ø Providing undergraduate applied research Ø Deploying cloud systems w/ open source and professional tools Ø Collaborating with industry, government (Cisco, Palo Alto, Intel, Juniper, VMware) Cybersecurity job openings in four metro areas near Columbia, Feb. 2020 1. J. Lynch, “Inside the Pentagon’s Struggle to Build a Cyber Force, ” Fifth Domain publication, October 29, 2018. Online: https: //tinyurl. com/yyelqomp 2

ONR’s Cyber Project • Option to earn credentials • Do. D’s Information Assurance (IA) workforce is classified in IA technical (IAT): Ø Level 1 (IAT 1): Computing environment information assurance Ø Level 2 (IAT 2): Network environment information assurance Ø Level 3 (IAT 3): Enclave, advanced network & computer information assurance NICE: National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NIST) 3

Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop & Capstone Project Expo Department of Integrated Information Technology (IIT) Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC programs University of South Carolina Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity (Main room) http: //ce. sc. edu/cyberinfra/onr_workshop. html 4

Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop & Capstone Project Expo Department of Integrated Information Technology (IIT) Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC programs University of South Carolina Capstone projects (Breakout Rooms) Room 1: Boeing Room 2: Fluor ATLS Room 3: Fluor Office Location System Room 4: RCL (Royal Caribbean) Risk Reduction Room 5: RCL CASB Room 6: Noyce Room 7: CFEC Database Room 8: CFEC Toolbox Room 9: HIS International Room 10: FSU Collaborative Network Design Proposal (A) Room 11: FSU Collaborative Network Design Proposal (B) Room 12: FSU Collaborative Network Design Proposal (C) Room 13: FSU Collaborative Network Design Proposal (D) Room 14: SET Internet Marketing Room 15: Fivable Cybersecurity Room 16: Commercial Arbitration To enter a breakout room, please check at the bottom of your screen. If you do not see this symbol, please ask for assistance in the chat window 5

Distributed Denial of Service (DDo. S) Protection with Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) Dakota Mc. Daniel Brian Nelson • Senior IIT student • From Chapin, SC but have moved all around the states due his dad’s time in the Army • Experience in commercial, military, and government positions; recently secured a position as a Senior Security Analyst 6

Mitigating Routing Hijacking Attacks Jack Sadle Matthew Driver • Senior IIT student, ROTC w/ Minor in Military Science • Senior IIT student, ROTC • Enlisted in the US Army Signal Corps as a 25 B IT Specialist since 2017 • He has been in the military for seven years, including one year in Syria 7

Protection against Reconnaissance and Scan Attacks Christopher Ngo Kyle Radzak • Junior CS student, ROTC • Senior IIT student • Awarded the Army’s Enlisted Military Occupational Specialties (MOB) 25 B, IT Specialists • A Resident Mentor on campus for the past 3 years 8

Site-to-site Virtual Private Network (VPN) with NGFWs Nathan Bohmer Josue Hernandez • Senior IIT student • Initially enrolled in Mechanical Engineering; developed interest in cyber after taking ITEC 493 IT Security • USC’s gamecock fan all his life; interest in cybersecurity 9

Protection against Brute-force Attacks with NGFW Brendan Curran Lauren Waddell • Senior CS student, ROTC • Senior IIT student • From Odenton, MD; he is training to be a US Army officer • From Irmo, SC; motivated in cybersecurity after taking ITEC 493 IT Security and ITEC 390 Cyber-operations 10

Site-to-site VPN with Routers Ryan Tallent • Junior IIT student, working to become an expert in cyber security • Navy Veteran, deployed in the Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003) 11

OSPF Instructional Documentation Keegan Sprankle • Senior IIT student, interest in cyber security and networks • Working with Uof. SC’s Cyberinfrastructure Lab in projects related to routing protocols 12