feasibility of virtual security laboratory for three-tiered distance education
Today, a number of universities and colleges offering security education has been growing rapidly for last couple of years. Most universities have adequate facilities and labs to provide hand-on experience in security courses, but some universities and colleges that initiated security courses do not have equipments and space to offer hand-on experience for the students. This is challenge for distance learning students, who reside long distance from the universities, since they are not able to receive adequate hand-on training and this may cause limited job opportunities after their graduation. Even if universities provide students with distance education those who reside long distance from the universities, students will face difficulties in job opportunities after their graduation. In this paper, we introduce our feasibility study on three-tier web portal system for distance education focusing on cyber security laboratory for students, schools, and industry. Industry as prospective employers will be one of users of the three-tier web portal system. Universities will be interacting with industry and students in delivering hands-on experience and state-of-the-art knowledge of security that will be one of strong points in education service delivery to improve students' job opportunities and efficient method of recruiting and hiring high quality workforce.
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