Developing a virtualization platform for courses in networking, systems administration and cyber security education

Spring Simulation Multiconference 2009 - Co-located with the 2009 SISO Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Stewart, Kyle E ^a   Humphries, Jeffrey W ^a   Andel, Todd R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyber security; Network education; Network simulation; Network training; Virtualization

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; INTEROPERABILITY; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUALIZATION;

CYBER SECURITY; CYBER-SECURITY EDUCATIONS; NETWORK EDUCATION; NETWORK SIMULATION; NETWORK TRAINING; TRAINING AND EDUCATION; VIRTUALIZATION TECHNIQUES; VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 84874101590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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