CyBOK-related resources for educators and trainers, developed through funded projects
Following community calls in December 2020, August 2021, June 2022, September 2023 and July 2024 for funded small projects to develop CyBOK resources, several projects were funded. Project outputs (where available) can be found below.
| Project title | Resources | Lead and Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| A ready-to-deploy online course shell in Common Cartridge format to teach CyBOK concepts and Survey on CyBOK Usage in the Classroom | CyBOK Online course shell (700MB, imscc format) Course shell supporting documents (zip) Report on CyBOK usage in the classroom |
Nancy Mead SEI Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University (ret.) Bastian Tenbergen State University of New York at Oswego |
| Assessing the cross-disciplinary accessibility of CyBOK | Executive Summary - Assessing the cross-disciplinary accessibility of CyBOK Report - Assessing the cross-disciplinary accessibility of CyBOK Furnell, S., Carpent, X., Martin, A. (2024). Assessing the Cross-Disciplinary Accessibility of CyBOK. In: Drevin, L., Leung, W.S., von Solms, S. (eds) Information Security Education - Challenges in the Digital Age. WISE 2024. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 707. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62918-1_11 World Conference on Information Security Education Co-located with IFIP SEC 2024, 12-14 June 2024, Edinburgh, UK. |
Xavier Carpent University of Nottingham |
| Case Studies in support of CyBOK and report on classroom usage | Overview of CyBOK Case Studies (updated April 2022) CyBOK Case Study Library (updated April 2022) Report on classroom usage |
Nancy Mead SEI Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University (ret.) |
| CyBOK Wiki - feasibility study | CyBOK Wiki - Feasibility Study Final Report | Lőrinc Thurnay University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria |
| Developing and testing a memory analysis workshop | Workshop: memory analysis for digital forensics and malware analysis | Joakim Kävrestad
Jönköping University, Sweden. |
| Develop pedagogical practices to support active and engaging practices in Forensics Education | Forensics KA Active lesson plans | Joseph Maguire University of Glasgow |
| Developing redistributable practical materials for Formal Methods in Security | Practical materials for Formal Methods in Security | Martin Lester University of Reading |
| Development of redistributable laboratory materials for GSM | Laboratory materials for GSM | Denis Nicole University of Southampton |
| Development of redistributable laboratory materials for wireless remote control | Laboratory materials for wireless remote control | Denis Nicole University of Southampton |
| Development of materials for AI for Security | AI for Cyber Security Active Learning | Hossein Abroshan
Anglia Ruskin University, UK |
| Enhancing security architecture frameworks to accommodate the CyBOK v1.0 KAs for practitioners |
Enhancing Security Architecture Framework Practice using the CyBOK v1.0 Knowledge Areas for Practitioners
Keywords Mapping Graphs and Charts (xls) |
Duncan Greaves Coventry University |
| First-cycle university course based on CyBOK | Joakim Kävrestad
Jönköping University, Sweden |
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| Learning together – Cybersecurity for toddlers |
Learning together – Cybersecurity for Toddlers
Learning together – Cryptography for Toddlers |
Elizabeth Quaglia Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Mapping of cybersecurity games onto CyBOK |
Mapping of cybersecurity games onto CyBOK report Mapping of cybersecurity games onto CyBOK datapack (zip) |
Joseph Hallett University of Bristol |
| Multiplying the reach and impact of CyBOK via transport safety MSc courses: A teachability feasibility study |
Final Report
Supporting Material |
Emma Taylor, Cranfield University Tom Chothia, University of Birmingham |
| Open source CyBOK practical challenges and learning resources (Updated September 2024) | Complete index
of labs mapped to CyBOK Complete index of lectures mapped to CyBOK Complete index of CTF scenarios mapped to CyBOK |
Cliffe Schreuders Leeds Beckett University |
| Providing an online platform for hierarchical knowledge presentation, visualisation and mapping | CyBOK v1.0 online - a platform for hierarchical knowledge presentation, visualisation and mapping | Eckhard Pfluegel Kingston University |
| Published PhD theses mapped to CyBOK 1.0 | Mapping PhD Theses of UK Universities to CyBOK v1.0 - summary report | Virginia Franqueira University of Kent |
| Re-visualizing CyBOK: next phase imagery | Visual Guidelines for CyBOK projects | Miriam Sturdee
Lancaster University / Kingston University |
| Secure Coding Game-based Lab |
Citadel Programming Lab
CyBOK v1.1 Linkage for a Secure Coding Game-Based Lab - report Aligning a Serious Game, Secure Programming and CyBOK-Linked Learning Outcomes L. McGregor, S. C. Chan, S. Wlodarczyk, and M. Maarek, ‘Aligning a Serious Game, Secure Programming and CyBOK-Linked Learning Outcomes’, in 2022 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW), Jun. 2022, pp. 486–495. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuroSPW55150.2022.00058. 1st European Workshop on Cyber Security Education and Practice 2022 Co-located with IEEE Euro S&P 2022, Genoa, Italy. |
Manuel Maarek Heriot-Watt University |
| Teaching CyBOK Cyber Physical Systems Security through interactive simulation | Cyber Physical Systems Security project website with links to tutorials | Phil Legg University of the West of England |
| Towards a Responsible Cyber Security Profession | Practical Cybersecurity Ethics: Mapping CyBOK to Ethical Concerns Ivan Flechais and George Chalhoub. 2023. Practical Cybersecurity Ethics: Mapping CyBOK to Ethical Concerns. In Proceedings of the 2023 New Security Paradigms Workshop (September 2023), 62–75. https://doi.org/10.1145/3633500.3633505 |
Ivan Flechais
University of Oxford |
| Visualising CyBOK References | CyBOK v1.1 References | Mitch Harle Uncommon Correlation |
| Widening CyBOK: A Mapping of Strategic & Defence Cyber Research against the Knowledge Area | Report - A Mapping of Strategic & Defence Cyber Research against the Knowledge Areas | Basil Germond Lancaster University |