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Salma M. Gaffer

Work place: Information Systems Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia

E-mail: smomar@kau.edu.sa

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Research Interests: Computer systems and computational processes, Information Security, Network Security, Information-Theoretic Security

Biography

Dr. Daniyal Alghazzawi has completed his Ph.D in Computer Science from University of Kansas in 2007, Master of Science in Teaching & Leadership in 2004 and Master of Science in Computer Science in 2003 from University of Kansas. He has worked as Web Programmer at ALTec (Advanced Learning Technologies). Dr. Daniyal is currently the Chairman of the Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University. His research interest includes e-Security and Cryptography. Dr. Daniyal is a member of IEEE (Education Society Transaction) and ACM-SIGCSE (Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education). 

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Using Virtual Security Lab in Teaching Cryptography

By Salma M. Gaffer Daniyal M. Alghazzawi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2012.01.04, Pub. Date: 8 Jan. 2012

Teaching Information Security for undergraduate students requires a safe hand-on environment for practicing. This paper focuses on using a virtual lab for two modules in cryptography concepts. At the end, a survey was conducted on a group of students at the Information Systems Department at the King Abdulaziz University to measure the performance of the students’ outcomes in the lab comparing with other students from a previous semester. The result of the survey shows a significant feedback on the system.

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