Earning Criteria

• Register for the 2019 NICE Cybersecurity Education Pre-Conference Workshop "How to teach Palo Alto Network’s Cybersecurity Academy high school level content."
• Participant must attend the workshop and participate in all activities.
• Participate in the course lecture and hands-on learning activities that include fundamental cybersecurity concepts, networking, and network security.
• Complete the feedback form for the Workshop using the Whova conference app.
• Complete quiz assessments in all three courses with 80% or higher grade.
• NBPTS Career and Technical Education Standard IV: Learning Environments and Instructional Practices. Accomplished teachers design contextualized learning environments that foster critical thinking, creativity, leadership, teamwork, and communication skills while preparing students for postsecondary education and careers.
• NBPTS Career and Technical Education Standard VI Postsecondary Readiness: Accomplished teachers facilitate career exploration and promote the acquisition of knowledge and skills so students can make informed career decisions that match their interests and aptitudes with the needs, expectations, and requirements of industry.
• NBPTS Career and Technical Education Standard VIII Partnerships and Collaborations: Accomplished teachers collaborate with family, education, industry, and community partners to create challenging real world opportunities and support networks that help students plan, develop, and achieve their career goals.
• NBPTS Career and Technical Education Standard VII Program Design and Management: Accomplished teachers design and promote quality programs aligned with industry demands. They manage materials and resources to enrich their programs and sustain meaningful educational experiences for their students.
• NBPTS Career and Technical Education Standard Specialty Area: Information Systems and Technology. Accomplished CTE teachers in information systems and technology have a comprehensive understanding of the design, development, and management of computer software, hardware, and networks.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0011 - Knowledge of capabilities and applications of network equipment including routers, switches, bridges, servers, transmission media, and related hardware.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0061 - Knowledge of how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0147 - Knowledge of emerging security issues, risks, and vulnerabilities.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0162 - Knowledge of cyber attackers (e.g., script kiddies, insider threat, non-nation state sponsored, and nation sponsored).
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0177 - Knowledge of cyber attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0471 - Knowledge of Internet network addressing (IP addresses, classless inter-domain routing, TCP/UDP port numbering).
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0487 - Knowledge of network security (e.g., encryption, firewalls, authentication, honey pots, perimeter protection).
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0627 - Knowledge of the importance of ingress filtering to protect against automated threats that rely on spoofed network addresses.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - K0629 - Knowledge of white/black listing.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - S0001 - Skill in conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerabilities in security systems.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - S0078 - Skill in recognizing and categorizing types of vulnerabilities and associated attacks.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - S0079 - Skill in protecting a network against malware. (e.g., NIPS, anti-malware, restrict/prevent external devices, spam filters).
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - S0162 - Skill in sub-netting.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - S0168 - Skill in setting up physical or logical sub-networks that separate an internal local area network (LAN) from other untrusted networks.
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - S0170 - Skill in configuring and utilizing computer protection components (e.g., hardware firewalls, servers, routers, as appropriate).
• NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - A0107 - Ability to think like threat actors.