Students then seized the opportunity to get better acquainted and network, grouping into breakout rooms to connect and learn more about the work being accomplished by their colleagues at other clinics. Attendees later regrouped to watch a presentation from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas\u2019 (UNLV) Cyber Clinic<\/a>, who showcased some internal tools and a training simulation students developed to teach new members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mathew Salcedo and Angel Garcia, two co-founders of UNLV’s Cyber Clinic, explained how their clinic specializes in providing free cybersecurity services to small local businesses in the Las Vegas valley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The vast majority of clinics in the Consortium are faculty-led and taught as a semester-long course. UNLV\u2019s Cyber Clinic is unique in that it operates as a student-led club, with support from faculty advisors, and operates year-round. This arrangement enables Cyber Clinic members to provide services to clients on an at-need basis, gives students more opportunities to gain experience working with different clients, and builds their skills over the course of their academic careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Salcedo and Garcia showcased the web portal application they created for their clinic. The portal is one of many internal tools their students have developed for Cyber Clinic, which serves to streamline clinic operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMost of UNLV\u2019s members have backgrounds in computer science, information systems, and cybersecurity. Many have an interest in software development,\u201d said Salcedo. \u201cThis project allowed for some of our members to practice their programming and software development skills. Web applications are a very big portion of cybersecurity. In the past, members have been able to conduct penetration assessments or tests on our own website, too.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Garcia explained to the audience how UNLV clinic students access the portal using an email and password, landing at a central dashboard that hosts a timesheet application for members to track their volunteering hours working on cases for clients. The dashboard also featured a training library, where students can access and track completed cybersecurity certification training\u2013 including student-developed training and the CompTIA Security+ certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UNLV also shared their innovative approach to onboarding their clinic\u2019s new members. Cyber Clinic\u2019s leadership built a training simulation in Minecraft to prepare new members for conducting client site visits and train students how to identify cyber and operational risks in small businesses. At the \u201cClinic of Clinics\u201d event, Salcedo and Garcia demoed a gameplay walkthrough of their Minecraft\u00a0 simulation, which was modeled after the Krusty Krab restaurant from the Spongebob Squarepants television show.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe tried to incorporate every kind of cyber and operational security problem you may run into when working for a client,\u201d said Salcedo. \u201cWe’ve tried to include, virtually, as many different problems and security risks that we’ve actually seen in restaurants or in small businesses in this simulation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The simulation recreates a business owner\u2019s office, visualized as Mr. Krabs office, complete with computers, smartphones, and tablets functioning as the point-of-sale system. Users can interact with these devices to evaluate their cybersecurity practices and identify any potential vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMany [security] vulnerabilities have to do with the client’s computer, how they’re managing their passwords, what they’re doing with old devices, or where they’re storing important documents or financial documents on [business] premises.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The co-founders also plugged the UNLVs clinic\u2019s cybersecurity podcast called, \u201cCyber Clinic Central<\/a>\u201d, with episodes available on Spotify. The podcast welcomes industry speakers to talk about their career paths as well as welcomes clinic members on to discuss a range of cybersecurity concepts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the presentation, students engaged in further group discussions before CLTC concluded the session with the unveiling of this semester\u2019s new “Clinic of Clinics” challenge coin design\u2014colored a vibrant \u201ccyber yellow\u201d! Students can collect a new coin for each \u201cClinic of Clinics\u201d they participate in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CLTC thanks all those who participated in the session! For more information about UNLV’s Cyber Clinic, visit freecyberclinic.org<\/a> or email info@cyberclinicoffical.org<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cybersecurityclinics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1a23cf72-21cc-4c24-bd6c-4355358d9613.gif\")
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