NSF Funded
Implementing Game-Based Learning to Enhance Training for Cybersecurity Technicians and Recruit a Diverse Cybersecurity Workforce
Goal:
Develop a hands-on learning and recruitment tool to meet current and emerging cybersecurity workforce needs in southwest Ohio and the nation.
Deliverables:
Refinement of the Sticker Heist box, activities, and related curriculum.
Training K-12 and post-secondary faculty in the delivery of Sticker Heist activities and curriculum.
Evaluating game-based learning as a tool to recruit and produce a more engaged and diverse cybersecurity workforce.
Partnerships:
Moraine Valley Community College
Dayton Regional STEM Center
Ohio Cyber Reserves
Miami Valley Tech Prep Consortium
Strong Crypto Innovations
Major Grant Activities First Year
Refine and test the Sticker Heist box, components, and assembly instructions.
Develop learning activities mapped to aspects of the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.
News
Sticker Heist Interest
Sign up form (at Sinclair Office 365) if you are interested in getting a Sticker Heist kit when they become widely available.
Sinclair College Announcement
Dayton Business Journal Article
Raspberry Pi Post
Spectrum 1 News Post
Grant Partner with JEC
It's been great partnering with Journy Electronic Corp on key aspects of Sticker Heist. PCB and box design and production.
Updates
Laptops
4/23/24 - We got the 20 laptops for the basic heist kits. They are Lenovo Ideapad 1 Laptop 14" display.
Installed Linux Mint XFCE edition (with Wireshark, nmap, etc.) customer wallpaper and reference PDFs on first. Will setup rest over next month, or so.
PCB are Alive
4/5/2024 - JRE arrived at the lab with first PCB. Great mome to see a vison come to life. Thanks JRE!
Hack Dayton 4/5 Event
4/5/2024 - Ran first run of medium mode at the Friday event Hack Dayton event (ran by Strong Crypto Innovations).
Challange Modes
3/28/2024 - All three challenge modes are done. Will test new Arduino code on new PCB then incorporate that into the images. For now, all three work with current code base.
Printed Circuit Boards (PCB). Close to first run!
JEC sent me this on Friday March 15th, 2024. Very excited to get these in my hands.
Cyber Heist Lab
Lab Setup
Centerville Room 104 is now the Sinclair Cyber Heist Labs.