CAE EPNC

IoT Educators Academy: IoT Fundamentals
2020-11-06 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Course
IoT Fundamentals is the first course in the IoT Educators Academy. It is intended to introduce instructors to the concepts of IoT, the Internet of Things, through a series of hands-on projects built around Arduino microcontrollers, an array of electronic components, sensors, and actuators, and computer programming. This course is designed to help instructors gain an understanding and proficiency in the technologies centered around the Internet of Things, and how to teach these concepts to high school and college students. There is no prior knowledge of electronics or computer programming required for this course.
The class will meet virtually each Friday in November (6th, 13th, 20th, 27th) from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm CST via Zoom. The class will be delivered virtually through Canvas. Students will be asked to complete 13 Arduino projects, five of which will be completed virtually with the group on each Friday. The remaining seven projects are to be completed during the week and before the following Friday. Additionally, the students will complete the review questions and quizzes after each project.
Participants in this course will take entry and exit surveys in order to assess their prior and achieved knowledge. These surveys will include:

Coding knowledge and experience
Electronics knowledge and experience
Tinkercad knowledge and experience

Course completers will receive an Arduino Starter Kit (which includes an Arduino Fundamentals certificate voucher) and will be able to apply for LAN-120 if they successfully earn the Arduino Fundamentals Certification.
See the agenda and syllabus here!

2020 Midwest Cisco Networking Academy Conference
2020-09-24 09:00 - 2020-09-25 15:30
The 2020 Midwest Cisco Networking Academy Conference will go virtual this year and is scheduled for September 24 – 25, 2020. Registration is now open!

Preparing our students for the workforce! Two days of experience and a variety of exciting opportunities to work directly with Cisco and partners.
Workshops using industry products relying on programming, cybersecurity, and more will be featured. Sessions include topics in cybersecurity, cloud computing, networking, and more!
See full session and workshop schedule here.

Please use the Website URL to register.

CAE Virtual Career Fair 2020
2020-09-04 09:00 - 13:00
The Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity Community is hosting the fourth annual CAE Virtual Career Fair (VCF), sponsored by the National Cybersecurity Training and Education (NCyTE) Center and the National Science Foundation (NSF), on September 4, 2020, from 9:00 am-1:00 pm PT. Our virtual career fair is unique in that we invite students/alumni from 300+ institutions designated as CAEs in Research (CAE-R), Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE), and Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) to participate. Institutions receive the CAE in Cybersecurity designation after meeting the rigorous requirements of the program set forth by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The standards set forth by the NSA/DHS curriculum guidelines also ensure students from CAE institutions receive a quality cybersecurity education that prepares them for a career in the cyber workforce.
As the CAE in Cybersecurity program continues to designate new CAEs, the number of students participating in the CAE VCF grows each year. Last year, 1200+ students/alumni participated in the CAE VCF. This year, the community has an estimated 10,000+ students graduating from junior colleges and universities seeking jobs in cybersecurity. In addition, our community has an estimated 20,000+ students that are eligible for internships in the 2020-2021 academic year. Students/alumni from CAE designated institutions are extremely valuable to any organization as they must meet the rigorous curriculum requirements set forth by the NSA/DHS to graduate.
Survey data from the 2019 event indicate both employers and students positively receive the CAE VCF. Many students find careers through the VCF, and many of the same employers return each year to participate.
For more information and registration, please use the Website URL in the sidebar.

CCNA 3 Instructor Certification (CCSI) for Teachers / CCNAv7 Enterprise Networking, Security and Automation (ENSA)
2020-06-22 - 2020-06-26
This course is organized through Madison Area Technical College. Please email Ken McCullough to register. Registration deadline is June 17, 2020.

NOTE: This class will be broadcast live via WebEx – attendees should expect to login in to the class and participate at the times scheduled.
Description: The third course in the CCNAv7 curriculum describes the architectures and considerations related to designing, securing, operating, and troubleshooting enterprise networks. This course covers wide area network (WAN) technologies and quality of service (QoS) mechanisms used for secure remote access. ENSA also introduces software-defined networking, virtualization, and automation concepts that support the digitalization of networks. Students gain skills to configure and troubleshoot enterprise networks, and learn to identify and protect against cybersecurity threats. They are introduced to network management tools and learn key concepts of software-defined networking, including controller-based architectures and how application programming interfaces (APIs) enable network automation.
This class will cover some new topics that were not part of the previous CCNA curriculum, so it is recommended even for those people that have prior NetAcad experience.
Prerequisite: Concepts covered in CCNA 2 classes or prior networking experience.

Instructor: Brent Sieling is an Instructor for the 2-year Network Specialist Associate Degree at Madison College. He has been teaching networking classes full-time since January of 2006 and part-time for three semesters prior to that. He is the lead contact for the Academy Support Center and Instructor Training Center at Madison College’s Cisco Networking Academy, providing support to over 80 high schools and technical colleges in the State of Wisconsin. Brent previously worked as a network specialist at the Madison Metropolitan School District, where he managed a network of over 50 schools. Brent currently holds the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), CCNA Voice, and CCNA Security certifications, and is the author of the Cisco Press CCNA Voice lab book. He completed the Cisco Academy Instructor Trainer Qualification (ITQ) process to become an Academy Instructor Trainer. Brent has been a regular presenter at the Cisco Academy Conferences.

Intrusion Detection for Cybersecurity
2020-06-22 - 2020-06-26
This course is organized through Madison Area Technical College. Please email Ken McCullough to register. Registration deadline is June 17, 2020.

NOTE: This class will be broadcast live via WebEx – attendees should expect to login in to the class and participate at the times scheduled.
Description: This session will provide an overview of the tools and techniques commonly used for detecting threats to an enterprise infrastructure. Implement strategies for documenting and reporting detected events based on industry standard compliance frameworks. We will use the Security Onion distribution. Tools include Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK/Elastic Stack), Wazuh, Snort, Zeek, Wireshark, and TCP Dump. On the final day we will be doing a capture the FLAG event in the Cyber range.
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of Linux operating system.

Instructor: Mike Masino has been an Information Technology instructor at Madison Area Technical College since 2004. Mike has eleven years of experience previously working first as an integrated control systems developer and later as systems Administrator for the University of Wisconsin Extension. Mike holds an Associate in Applied Science degree in Electronics Engineering, as well as Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Computer Science. Mike’s industry certifications include: Microsoft: MCSE, MCP + I (Win NT 4.0/ Win2000) / Cisco: CCNA, CCAI / CompTIA: A+. Security+, Network + / SANS: GCIH, GCFA, GCIA (current member of GIAC advisory board)

CCNA 2 Instructor Certification (CCSI) for Teachers / CCNAv7 Switching, Routing and Wireless Essentials (SRWE)
2020-06-15 - 2020-06-19
This course is organized through Madison Area Technical College. Please email Ken McCullough to register. Registration deadline is June 10, 2020.

NOTE: This class will be broadcast live via WebEx – attendees should expect to login in to the class and participate at the times scheduled.
Description: The second course in the CCNA curriculum focuses on switching technologies and router operations that support small-to-medium business networks and includes wireless local area networks (WLANs) and security concepts. Students learn key switching and routing concepts. They can perform basic network configuration and troubleshooting, identify and mitigate LAN security threats, and configure and secure a basic WLAN.
This class will cover some new topics that were not part of the previous CCNA curriculum, so it is recommended even for those people that have prior NetAcad experience.
Prerequisite: Concepts covered in CCNA 1 classes or prior networking experience.

CCNA 1 Instructor Certification (CCSI) for Teachers / CCNAv7 Introduction to Networks
2020-06-08 - 2020-06-12
This course is organized through Madison Area Technical College. Please email Ken McCullough to register. Registration deadline is June 3, 2020.

NOTE: This class will be broadcast live via WebEx – attendees should expect to login in to the class and participate at the times scheduled.
Description: The first course in the CCNA curriculum introduces the architectures, models, protocols, and networking elements that connect users, devices, applications and data through the internet and across modern computer networks – including IP addressing and Ethernet fundamentals. By the end of the course, students can build simple local area networks (LANs) that integrate IP addressing schemes, foundational network security, and perform basic configurations for routers and switches.
Instructors with prior NetAcad Cisco 1 experience are not required to take this class again, unless they want to see what the new format looks like.
Prerequisite: Working knowledge of computers.

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations
2020-06-01 - 2020-06-05
This course is organized through Madison Area Technical College. Please email Ken McCullough to register. Registration deadline is May 25, 2020.

NOTE: This class will be broadcast live via WebEx – attendees should expect to login in to the class and participate at the times scheduled.
Description: This is a 5-day remote access class with additional lab practice and certification prep the second week with the instructor available for questions. The AWS Academy Cloud Foundations course is intended for instructors who seek an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical teaching area. In addition to a detailed overview of cloud concepts there is specific coverage of all AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing and support. A number of hands-on labs in the actual AWS environment will be utilized throughout the course.
This course provides the foundational knowledge needed to take the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification exam and includes a voucher to save on the exam fee.
Prerequisite: Basic Windows and Linux operating system knowledge. Understanding of networking fundamentals.

Instructor: Curt Chambers has been at Madison College since 2010 in both support and teaching roles within the Dept. of Information Technology. Previously he worked for 13 years in roles ranging from CTO to VP of Operations for a Madison based stock photography company now owned by Getty Images.
