Abstract
There is a shortage of skilled talents in the field of cybersecurity at all levels globally. The shortage of the skilled professionals itself becomes a real threat to the society. While education and training aim to produce graduates to fill the job market, the industry complains on their lack of practical skills. To provide more hands-on exercises in obtaining the necessary skills required to perform certain roles, a controlled virtual environment such as cyber range is adopted. A VPET approach is proposed by grouping the knowledge element with the required skill sets together supported by hands-on exercises into a learning unit. These units can be packaged into micro-credentials to provide a more flexible way of student learning or skill re-training.
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The authors would like to thank the support from the cyber range vendor and its support team. This work is partially supported by the Enhancement and Start-up Grant Scheme for Self-financing Post-secondary Education (ESGS/2021/APP-19).
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Kwok, LF., Yi, C., Lam, S. (2024). Technology-Enhanced Cybersecurity Education: A VPET Approach. In: Cheung, S.K.S., Wang, F.L., Paoprasert, N., Charnsethikul, P., Li, K.C., Phusavat, K. (eds) Technology in Education. Innovative Practices for the New Normal. ICTE 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1974. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8255-4_3
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