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This program is tentative and subject to change.

Fri 28 Feb 2025 14:03 - 14:22 at Meeting Rooms 310-311 - Cybersecurity

Despite cybersecurity’s projected rapid growth in jobs (32%+ yearly), women remain underrepresented (25% of global jobs). While there have been many recent efforts to help improve this situation, particularly through undergraduate education interventions, this gap persists. To better understand why this may be occurring, we embarked upon a literature review to document what kinds of interventions have been applied to improve the representation of undergraduate women in cybersecurity. Through this survey we found that most past interventions can be categorized as: recruitment efforts, the development of external support systems and out-of-classroom activities, or innovations in cybersecurity curricula pedagogy. Importantly, the literature contains very few quantitative evaluations of the impact of interventions on the representation of undergraduate women, particular with regard to curricular interventions and pedagogy. As such, we urge cybersecurity educators and practitioners to develop additional studies with quantifiable impact metrics and in particular, with a focus on course designs. By developing validated and documented interventions leveraging best practices in accessibility, inclusion, and belonging, with a focus on undergraduate women, we can take important steps towards improving the gender diversity of the field.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Fri 28 Feb

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13:45 - 15:00
13:45
18m
Talk
Enhancing Cybersecurity Education using Scoring Engines: A Practical Approach to Hands-On Learning and FeedbackGlobal
Papers
Christopher Morales-Gonzalez University of Massachusetts Lowell, Mathew Harper University of Massachusetts Lowell, Pranathi Rayavaram University of Massachusetts Lowell, Sashank Narain University of Massachusetts Lowell, Xinwen Fu University of Massachusetts Lowell
14:03
18m
Talk
Improving the Representation of Undergraduate Women in Cybersecurity: A Literature Review
Papers
Ena Selma-Housein Columbia University, Brian Plancher Barnard College, Columbia University
14:22
18m
Talk
SENSAI: Large Language Models as Applied Cybersecurity Tutors
Papers
Connor Nelson Arizona State University, Adam Doupé Arizona State University, Yan Shoshitaishvili Arizona State University
14:41
18m
Talk
Tackling the Gender Gap in Cybersecurity EducationK12
Papers
Gabriele Costa IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Silvia De Francisci IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Margherita Renieri IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Serenella Valiani IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca