Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Computer Information AAS Degree: Cyber Security |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 1. Create a threat model for a given scenario, identifying assets, threats, and mitigations. | Can the student create a realistic threat model using all available resources to minimize the threat landscape in an active Networked Systems environment? |
| 2. Apply principles of secure system design to host and network security scenarios. | Can the student use smart design methods to secure individual host systems, network devices, and perimeter boundaries? |
| 3. Use derived requirements such as authentication and access control to secure systems and networks. | Can the student effectively lock down system access to only required users using AAA and Access Control methods? |
| 4. Perform forensic analysis of systems and create a report of results. | Can the student use secure and accepted methods to analyze systems and create a report of the results that could pass a legal test? |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Create a threat model for a given scenario, identifying assets, threats, and mitigations. | Paper | CIS 2853 | 80% of students passing the project with a 75% or higher |
| 2. Apply principles of secure system design to host and network security scenarios. | Paper | CIS 2853 | 80% of students passing the project with a 75% or higher |
| 3. Use derived requirements such as authentication and access control to secure systems and networks. | CIS 2853 | Homework Assignments Paper | 80% of students passing the project with a 75% or higher |
| 4. Perform forensic analysis of systems and create a report of results. | Homework Assignments | CIS 2860 | 80% of students passing the project with a 75% or higher |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
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| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
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| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Second Round Results | Intepretation of Results, Pre- and Post-Change | Follow up questions, possible next steps |
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Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.