[IP] Inter-University Competition in Information Assurance

[R. A. Hettinga]

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From: tim finin <finin at cs.umbc.edu>
Subject: Inter-University Competition in Information Assurance
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:30:44 -0500
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Dave -- IPers in the Baltimore-Washington area might be interested
in this talk. Tim
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      2003 CAPITAL-AREA SEMINAR ON INFORMATION ASSURANCE
      UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance
           University of Maryland, Baltimore County

       An Inter-University Competition in Information Assurance:
             The Cyber Defense Exercises

               Lt. Colonel Dan Ragsdale
        U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY

             Friday 14 March 2003
       Lunch 11:30, Skylight Lounge, UMBC Commons
    Talk 1:00pm, Lecture Hall V, Engineering and Computer Science

During the spring of 2001 and 2002, student teams at the five United
States Service Academies participated in a Cyber Defense Exercise
(CDX).  Prior to each exercise an identical network of servers and
workstations was set up at each school.  During the first phase, teams
of cadets and midshipmen at each site installed and configured an
assortment of required services.  The goal for each team during this
phase was to configure the required service and the underlying
operating systems in the most secure manner possible.  In the second
phase, an NSA-led penetration team attacked each site.  This team "Red
Team," conducted detailed reconnaissance and voluminous attacks over a
five-day period.  They maintained accurate records of any and all
successful penetrations.  A "White Team" from CERT at Carnegie Mellon
University refereed the exercise; they served as observers and
controllers and, using an agreed upon scoring system, determined which
school won.  Personal observation and interviews with students and
faculty show that the CDX is an extraordinary educational
experience. This talk will address in detail some of the benefits and
challenges of conducting such an exercise.

Lt. Colonel Dan Ragsdale is director of the Information Technology and
Operations Center (ITOC) at the US Military Academy (USMA) at West
Point, NY.  He has over twenty-one years of military and information
technology experience, including seven years in the area of
Information Assurance (IA).  This past summer, Lt. Colonel Ragsdale
participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, where he
served as the Chief of Assessment for the Combine and Joint Task Force
(CJTF-80).  In addition, he has been a frequent speaker and panelist
at national IA conferences, and he has published numerous articles on
IA topics.  He earned a PhD from Texas A&M.  His current research
interests include information assurance, network security, intrusion
detection, and artificial intelligence

Host: Dr. Alan T. Sherman, sherman at umbc.edu, Director, UMBC CISA.
http://cisa.umbc.edu/.  Directions: Take Exit 47B off I-95, and follow
signs to UMBC.  Park in visitor's lot.


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