Faculty Development Academy:
Python Programming for Cybersecurity
Virtual | May 13-14, 2024
8AM - 2PM Pacific / 9AM - 3PM Mountain / 10AM - 4PM Central / 11AM - 5PM Eastern
Who Should Attend:
This workshop is funded and tailored specifically for community and technical college faculty members wishing to expand their knowledge, earn an industry certification, and strengthen their ability to incorporate new cybersecurity content in their community college curriculum. This workshop is not intended for students or other non-faculty participants.
About the Workshop:
This workshop in Python programming provides the knowledge and training to develop and maintain effective Python programs/scripts. Community college educators will learn to create Python scripts using functions, modules, classes, and much more as part of Python’s object-orientated paradigm. Participants will learn how to utilize Python to create scripts that manipulate data, automate tasks, perform error handling, and store and retrieve data. The class will provide hands on exercises to reinforce learning and develop real competency. The key concepts covered in this workshop include: web recon, port scanning, and packet sniffing, the instructor will introduce several concepts and commands.
Topics Include:
- Basic programming techniques
- I/O
- Data processing
- File manipulation
- Program control logic
- Functions
- Modules
- Exception handling
Facilitators:
Jason Zeller, Fort Hays State University
Mike Masino, Madison College
This event is funded by a National Science Foundation Grant #2054724