Today, many information and communication technology (ICT) industries
are being impacted by the flexibility, low-cost, and new markets that
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are stimulating. One foundational aspect of
wireless networks is their inherent nature to be insecure and this makes
wireless
security topic of high priority. Hence, wireless security’s rise in importance has called for some unique ways to
prepare university students for the workplace. Computer
science bachelor
degree and
postgraduate courses would be amiss to not include WLAN security
design and technologies in their
curriculum which continues to be challenged today to support a dynamically changing
workplace. Consequently, we
developed an innovative research-oriented
module in wireless security for
postgraduate computer science students with hands-on experience on specific
wireless security experiments and exploring latest ongoing research in the
field. This paper discusses the detail curriculum content and methodology, and explains
how a research-based and practical dual-approach is adopted to enable learners
grasp and apply key knowledge required for security design of emerging wireless
systems.
Published: December 17, 2007
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