Dawn Blanche, Instructional Specialist | Cybersecurity Anne Arundel Community College Arnold, Maryland

 The U.S. will need 700,000 cybersecurity professionals by 2015 (NIST, 2011)  Qualified digital forensics professionals to meet the needs of:  Law enforcement  Counterintelligence  National defense  Legal communities  Private sector  With specialized knowledge, skills and abilities in:  Law  Technology  Human behavior  Evidence delivery Teaming for Dominance

 What needs did the learning objectives reveal?  Practical application  Task oriented  Problem solvers  Hands-on environment

 International competition  Academic  Civilian  Commercial  Government  Challenges  Scenario-based  Task specific  Practical applications  i.e. – Hashing algorithms  Progressive levels of difficulty  Novice  Advanced  Expert  Master  Developer  Objectives  Establish relationships within the digital forensics community  Resolve issues facing the digital forensics community  Develop new tools, techniques and methodologies

 Engaged learning students:  Learn to problem solve (not follow the prompt)  Take responsibility for their learning  Build self-confidence  Build self-assessment abilities  Are collaborative  Engaged learning activities:  Challenging  Authentic  Complex  Time intensive  Translating the DC3 Challenge:  Adopting the framework - how nice is that?!?  Provides students with choices

1,147 competing teams from 50 states and 52 countries in a year long challenge… What kind of student tackles this challenge with only 17 days left in the competition?

Dawn Blanche Instructional Specialist, Cybersecurity Anne Arundel Community College 101 College Parkway Arnold, Maryland