Jeff Boleng, US Sir Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
- Cyberspace added to USAF mission in 2005
- cyberspace is a warfighting domain
- cyberspace covers all the other domains (air, land, sea, space)
- different domains, different fucntions
- recent threats & motivations
- Hezbollah SIGINT attack on Israeli tanks
- DNS Root Server attack 2007
- Estonia 2007
- pakistan youtube redirect 2008
- IED jammers
- F-22 flight over international dateline (avionics went black)
- Broad requirements
- USAFA graduates 1/4 of all new 2nd lieutenants
- not “geek” focused
- technical w/ a large dose of
- ethics
- legal studies
- behavioral studies
- military strategic studies
- contrasting questions
- how can we exploit adversary’s e-systems
- what is the legal authority
- what are the national security implications
- is cyber attack an act of war
- prep of graduates
- well documented outcomes
- currently underway
- core curriculum
- baseline content
- new upper-level courses
- ensure coverage of AF education and training requirements
- training to reinforce education
- “unlike a traditional college we own our students”
- basic cadet training scenarios
- global engagement integration
- summer space program
- summer UAV program
- DHS sponsored Black Dart
- CS – Cyber Warfare Track
- 37 grads since 2004, 8 in 2008
- offered to all CS majors
- NSA & DHS recognized standards
- 3 courses taken as major options
- cryptography
- Cs security & IW
- network security
- details on the three courses given
- Research
- Academy Center for Cyberspace Research
- current projects
- jam resistant communications
- biometrics
- security education
- Community involvement
- other front range colleges
- cyber defense exercise
- computer and network vulnerability assessment
