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The pedagogy of cybersecurity education presents an exciting challenge. Although cyber-warfare has existed for nearly four decades, we fail to adequately model the chaos of oensive cyber attacks in the classroom. Instead, coursework focuses on studying choreographed cyber-attack patterns. In this paper, we present an undergraduate cybersecurity course design that balances theoretical learning with an emphasis on exploring oensive tactics, techniques, and procedures. Labs consist of writing payloads and channels to evade detection, cobbling together operating system internals to achieve attack functionality, and developing survivable post-exploitation tools. In the exams, students develop malware capable of avoiding static and dynamic analysis and identify the strategic and tactical aws that lead to the discovery of highly successful attack campaigns. We believe that sharing this experience will prove valuable for instructors who wish to explore oensive cyber tactics in the classroom. CCS CONCEPTS • Social and professional topics ! Model curricula; Computing education programs.

Author

TJ OConnor

Publisher

ACM

Published

2022

Language

EN