1. February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU Dr. George Hsieh Department of Computer Science

2. M Topics  Cisco Networking Academy  NETLAB+  Cloud Computing  Big Data February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 2

3. M Cisco Networking Academy  Local Academy at NSU  Online Curricula (https://cisco.netacad.com) – CCNA Exploration (4 courses) – CCNA Discovery (4 courses) – Introduction to Cybersecurity * New – Cloud Primer * New  Cisco Packet Tracer (Windows & Ubuntu Linux)  CCNA Equipment (Lab) – Cisco Integrated Service Routers 2811/1841 (9) Firewall, VPN, IDS/IPS, wireless, VoIP – Cisco Catalyst 2960 L2 Switches (6)  CCNA Equipment / NETLAB+ (Online) * In Progress February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 3

4. M NETLAB+  Online Virtual Lab @ NSU (http://199.111.112.16)http://199.111.112.16  Example: Network Defense courses in Fall 2014 – Name: CSC-445/745-F14-LabsA – Enrollment: 32 students (14 Graduate & 18 UG) – Total student usage: 1,504 hours * Not counting hours using PCs  Incorporated two lab series for Network Defense courses – CompTIA Security+ Labs v2 (Global) Security Plus POD (19) [Standard: non-persistent and dynamic assignment] Eight virtual machines per POD (Win7, Win2K3, Linux, Free BSD) Assigned 6 (out of 20) standard labs Assigned 2 additional custom developed labs – NETDEFENSE1 (Private) Network Defense POD (32) [Custom: persistent and fixed assignment] Added Cisco Packet Tracer and Snort IDS software (Win7) Assigned 6 custom developed projects (Cisco Firewall, Snort IDS, IPsec) February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 4

5. M Cloud Computing and Big Data  NNSA Massie Chair of Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Security – NNSA (September 2009 – present) [PI: Dr. Sandra J. DeLoatch] – Research project: Securing Cloud Computing – Design and development of cloud computing infrastructure began in summer 2010  Building a Cloud Computing and Big Data Infrastructure for Cyber Security Research and Education – Army Research Office ($497,725, FEB 2014 – JAN 2015) [PI: George Hsieh] – All equipment purchase and installation completed, and systems operational  Self-Protecting Security for Assured Information Sharing – Army Research Office ($487,228, FEB 2012 – FEB 2015) [PI: George Hsieh] – Research grant provided support for faculty, students, and equipment February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 5

6. M Cloud Computing: Teaching & Research  Graduate-level Cloud Computing course – First time offering in Spring 2015 (enrollment: 13) – With strong emphasis in hands-on labs and projects  Graduate student research (since 2010) – 6 for MS Project/Independent Study (4 completed MS Projects) – Publication: Building a Secure Virtual Lab Infrastructure for IT Education (2012 Int’l Conf. on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, July 2012, Las Vegas, NV) – Full-spectrum IT projects: research, design, implementation, testing – Build upon previous results while extending capabilities/capacities  Technology platforms – VMware products primarily (free academic licenses) – OpenStack efforts growing (open source)  Private-cloud based virtual lab infrastructure – VMware vCloud Director now, and OpenStack later – Multiple organizations sharing infrastructure resources February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 6

7. M Cloud Computing Equipment February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 7 SystemFunctionServer#Proc#Core RAM (GB) Hard Disk (GB)Qty Cloud-Production VRTXM62021625630,7204 Subtotal: 8641,02430,720 Cloud-Integration IBM HS227870H5U212844,8005 Subtotal: 10604204,800 Cloud- Development ComputeR8202165124381 StorageEqualLogic0007,2001 AdminT7102121282,4002 Subtotal: 64076812,438 TOTAL:241642,21247,958

8. M Big Data Research: Cybersecurity Analysis  Progress (since summer 2013) – 4 faculty/staff members on research team currently – 2 undergraduate and 8 graduate students doing research – 4 graduate & undergraduate students completed capstone research projects (MS Thesis/Project & BS Seminar) – Hadoop based data analytics for cybersecurity application – Publication: Lessons Learned: Building a Big Data Research and Education Infrastructure (2014 Int’l Conf. on Advances in Big Data Analytics, July 2014, Las Vegas, NV)  Collaboration – Cyber Analysis, Simulation and Experimentation Environment With Old Dominion University/VMASC & Tennessee State University Include using big data and data analysis to inform M&S operations and analyze M&S results – Army Training Brain Operating Center (TBOC) February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 8

9. M Big Data Equipment February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 9 SystemFunctionServer#Proc#Core RAM (GB) Hard Disk (GB)Qty Hadoop- Production Master Node R720xd2241283,6005 Data Node R720xd2246424,57612 Subtotal: 344081,408312,91217 Hadoop- Integration M/D NodeR720xd2241283,6005 Subtotal: 1012064018,0005 TOTAL:445282,048330,91222

10. M Big Data Research: Topical Areas CategorySubject Area Application Domains Network structure analysis Network data analysis Intrusion and anomaly detection Event log analysis Data analysis and machine learning (R, Octave) Hadoop Tools Graph-processing (Giraph) Text search (Solr) Log processing (Flume) Security - access control (Accumulo) Real-time processing (Storm) Lightning-fast cluster computing (Spark) Database (Mongo) Database (Cassandra) Database (HBase) Machine learning (R-Hadoop, MLlib) February 19, 2015 Learning & Research Resources @ NSU 10