Advancing Cybersecurity Education: Balancing AI Innovation, Digital Forensics, and OSINT

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This panel features three presentations exploring the intersection of technology and criminology education. The first talk examines the evolution of open source intelligence (OSINT) through classroom insights, highlighting student interests and the practical challenges of gathering and verifying diverse digital data. The second presentation investigates how generative AI is reshaping cybercrime education, balancing enhanced research efficiency with ethical concerns and academic integrity. Finally, a case study of a high-tech crimes unit demonstrates how partnerships between higher education and law enforcement provide students with real-world digital forensic experience, improving investigative training. Together, these talks illuminate the dynamic shifts redefining modern criminological practice.

Sub Unit

• Area III. Types of Offending / 21. Identity Theft and Cyber Crime

Individual Presentations

• Balancing Technological Innovation and Integrity: Student Engagement with Generative AI in Cybercrime Education - Hannarae Lee, Bridgewater State University

• Symbiotic Practical Education in Digital Forensics: New Case Study - Cassandra Dodge, Indiana State University; Jason James, Indiana State University

• Teaching Open-Source Intelligence - David Décary-Hétu, Université de Montréal

• International Approaches to Cybercrime Prevention and Enforcement - Michael Newman, University of Queensland

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division of Cybercrime