Geometric Analysis Leads to Adversarial Teaching of Cybersecurity

Authors

Christian Servin, El Paso Community CollegeFollow
Olga Kosheleva, University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

7-2021

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-20-78c

Abstract

As time goes, our civilization becomes more and more dependent on computers and therefore, more and more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Because of this threat, it is very important to make sure that computer science students -- tomorrow's computer professionals -- are sufficiently skilled in cybersecurity. In this paper, we analyze the need for teaching cybersecurity from the geometric viewpoint. We show that the corresponding geometric analysis leads to adversarial teaching -- an empirically effective but not-well-theoretically-understood approach, when the class is divided into sparring mini-teams that try their best to attack each other and defend from each other. Thus, our analysis provides a theoretical explanation for the empirical efficiency of this approach.