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DevNetAcad Reloaded

From now until June 2019 Cisco’s DevNet and Networking Academy have teamed up again for another webinar series because of the high interest from last year's series. In our ever changing technology landscape, it only makes sense to revisit a few sessions from last year and share the latest details as well as feature a whole new set of topics. Join the webinars for conversations about network programmability, security, SDN and network controllers, Python, and many other related topics.

 

• Session 1: Networking with Programmability is Easy
• Session 2: Role of a Network Engineer in the Programmable Age
• Session 3: Software Defined Networking and Controllers
• Session 4: Adding API Skills to Your Networking Toolbox to be held in January 2019
• Session 5: The New Programmable Toolbox of a Networking Engineer to be held in February 2019
• Session 6: Program Networking Devices using their APIs to be held in March 2019
• Session 7: Before, During, and After a Security Attack to be held in April 2019
• Session 8: Play with Linux and Python on the Networking Devices to be held in May 2019
• Session 9: Automate your Network with a Bot to be held in June 2019 

URL: https://www.netacad.com/careers/webinars/opportunities-in-tech/programmability-devnet-webinar-series?utm_source=ks&utm_medium=multi&utm_campaign=webinar&utm_content=career-tb

 

Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon - October 2018 - Pictures & Results

Click on the link below to view the pictures
Pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2C5z6Woih43AtTKF7
More pics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1919063561495868&type=1&l=c3bca0270c

The jury consisting of representatives from business partners selected the following winning teams:

-1- Thomas More
-2- Odisee
-3- Defense
-4- PXL

There are 16 more prizes for teams which will be announced before end October

 

Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon Documents & References

To inform the participants some important documents relating to the Lighthouse Hackathon organization are published here

Hackathon Address: Polyvalent Auditorium 2215 - Stormstraat 2 - 1000 Brussels - map

Hackathon Schedule (Start: 10 October 2018 at 12pm | End: 12 October at 18pm) 

• PDF: Download Hackathon-schedule-oct-2018
• XLS: Download Hackathon-schedule-oct-2018

Facilitation Manual

• Download Hackathon Student Facilitation Manual
• Download Hackathon Instructor Facilitation Manual

Seating 

• Download Hackathon Seating 2215

Student Team Documentation

• Share your teamwork on Google Drive with easy to use templates for each phase
• First find out your team number in the team listing
• and consult the README file for student teams

Hackathon Juror Evaluation Form

• PDF:  Download Lighthouse-hackathon-juror-evaluation-form
• Word:  Download Lighthouse-hackathon-juror-evaluation-form

Brussels

• Around The World 4K, Brussels in 4K, 3:53, published on 10 Oct 2016
  URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUCJbjJw1CM

Technical Procedures

• Wifi Account (valid only during the hackathon for persons not having an Eduroam Account)

  • SSID :OdiseeGuest
  • User: eventICT 
  • Password: uD1660

• Setting up the Raspberry Pi for network access
  
  • Download 3.2.2.3. Lab - Setting up PL-app with the Raspberry Pi

 

Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon Brussels => Kickoff

=> Location: Odisee - Stormstraat 2 - 1000 Brussel - Polyvalent Auditorium 2215
=> Date and Time: 10 October 2018 - 13pm
The event starts with this kickoff and continues until Friday 12 October at 16pm with drinks, with some participants in near exhaustion.
=> Speakers: Bertrand Wert, Rik Bleeker, Kevin Picalausa, Wouter Thielemans, Hans Vandenbogaerde, Yvan Rooseleer, Osarumen Osama i.
=> Contact: yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be

• Welcome
• Video Footage
• Where are we?
• Practical Aspects
• Prizes and Evaluation 
• Jury Procedures
• Types of Teams
• Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon Flow
• Keynote by Bertrand Wert
• Hackathon Phases
• Facilitation Manuals
• Objectives and expectations of this Hackathon
• Student Team Documentation
• Presentation of facilitators, coaches and experts
• Inspiration Storm
• Hackathon starts ...

Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon Flow

Keynote => Design thinking => Visualizations  => Prototypes => Qualifications => Pitch Semifinals => Pitch Finals => Awards => Drinks

Netacad Posters Being Used!

Hackathon Playbook Course: Context & Content

At 19pm on 20 September there is an online IPD* session about IoT and Hackathons. Yvan will be explaining the context & content of the Hackathon Playbook course that is available within Cisco Networking Academy.

There is more in the course than one would predict.

Presentation
- PPT: Download Context of Hackathon Playbook
- PDF:  Download Context of Hackathon Playbook

*IPD: Instructor Professional Development

Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon Brussels - Preparation & Information - 10-12 October 2018

Updated: 7 September 2018
All Benelux Academies of higher education are invited to the Cisco Lighthouse Challenge in October 2018 providing your students the opportunity to build a human network and to make the best of their talents in Brussels at the heart of Europe.
This document contains useful information to prepare for the Cisco Lighthouse Challenge in October 2018.
-The event is co-organized by Cisco CSR, BiASC and Odisee UC with facilities offered by Odisee University.
-The student challenge is focused on technology skills used for the benefit of democracy & politics.

Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon & Innovation Challenge 

Task: Create a prototype installation based on specific requirements; configuring and creating selected hard and software 
General Theme of the Hackathon: Democracy & Politics

WHAT IS A HACKATHON? - A “Hackathon” is not about computer “hacking”. It means “ACTIVE” learning - It is a three-day event promoting 21st century skills, design thinking and multidisciplinary team work - Students teams are solving an unknown challenge presented by a problem owner (external) - Key components: ideation, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary communication - A Hackathon needs a decent  preparation - Participants are coached by a variety of experts and coaches.

DATES 

10 OCTOBER 2018 Arrival between 9-12am Lunch at 12am Kickoff at 13pm
Kickoff & Team Briefings - Preparation, Ideation & Design Thinking - Research & Analysis - User Requirements & Usability Design 
Solution Proposal - Prototype Proposal - Technical Preparation, Technical Analysis & Design - Coaching  

11 OCTOBER 2018  
Designing & Creating Prototypes - Communication & Marketing plan - Coaching  

12 OCTOBER 2018 
Finalizing plan & Prototypes - Solution Documentation - Demonstrations & Pitching - Jury Decision - Award Ceremony

Evaluating New Cisco IoT Security Course

A new course called IoT Security will be available soon. With BiASC we are currently evaluating this course, which is still under limited availability.

What is IoT Security about?

Security is one of the key pillars in the forces of digital disruption that enable digital transformation in every industry. At the same time, the enormous increase of connected IoT devices is not only enabling the digitization of industries, but also increases the landscape of possible security threats. The IoT Security course provides the learner with introductory skills to perform Vulnerability and Risk Assessments on IoT solutions in a specific business context. Students who complete the IoT Security course will be able to assess, research, and provide risk mitigation strategies for common security vulnerabilities in IoT systems. Students seeking a career in the rapidly growing IoT and Security domains will learn practical tools for evaluating security vulnerabilities in IoT solutions, perform threat modeling, and use risk management frameworks to recommend threat mitigation measures.

Research practice and ethical hacking

As in the CyberOperations course students have to accept the ethical hacking agreement.

One of the practice labs is with Shodan explained on the SANS Penetration Testing Website. Also Kali Linux will be used.

Shodan is a search engine that takes a distinct departure from most Internet search engines. Instead of searching through content intentionally served up and delivered to web browsers, Shodan allows us to search for Internet-connected devices.

URL: https://pen-testing.sans.org/blog/2015/12/08/effective-shodan-searches

Next Steps

If instructors in Belgium are interested, we will organise an IoT Security initial traning between October and December 2018. Please send a mail to <yvan@biasc.be> if you would like to receive more information

 

 

Staying on Top of Emerging Technologies

Opening your mind to emerging technologies Cisco Networking Academy is more than Routing & Switching. Digitization is changing the world: everything becomes connected, everything becomes software-based, everything generates data, everything can be automated, everything needs to be secured. We are offering you two new online courses to stay on top of the emerging technologies:

• Experimenting with REST APIs and Webex Teams
  For all IT students, also software engineering
• Networking Programmability
  For IT Students at the level of ICND1

As always, Cisco Netacad courses lay a solid conceptual foundation, but at the same time the courses and workshops are very practical as well.

The Digital Transformation is impacting all major industries. 75% of businesses will become digital by 2020. Digital technologies and new business models are impacting the way things are being done. Digitization is also transforming networking. Even if 75% of businesses will become digital by 2020, only 30% of digitization efforts will be successful.

The following sectors are undergoing rapid changes:

1. Technology Products & Services
2. Media & Entertainment
3. Retail
4. Financial Services
5. Telecommunications
6. Education
7. Transportation
8. Manufacturing
9. Healthcare
10. Utilities
11. Oil & Gas
12. Pharmaceuticals

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS

Cisco Networking Academy has produced workshops for students and instructors in order to prepare them and make them comfortable with intimidating new ideas, concepts and skills.

• Take students from buzzwords to Hello World on latest technologies
• Only take up 8 hours of valuable time
• Hands-on experience with enterprise software, e.g. DevNet
• Instructor Powerpoints & Activity Transcripts
• Formative evaluation + Short Summative Evaluation

RedHat Academy

“Most higher education institutions seek to prepare their graduates to be ‘work ready,’ so it’s no surprise that many of them have incorporated Linux-related content into their curriculum. 

Red Hat Academy provides a curriculum to help education institutions keep pace with the demands of industry. The curriculum involves hands-on instruction across platform,  middleware, and cloud technologies built with input from Red Hat development, support, and field consulting teams. Unlike a generic “distribution agnostic” Linux curriculum, Red Hat’s curriculum is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the leading enterprise Linux platform. Rather than learning theoretical skills, students learn practical skills based on use cases from thousands of enterprise implementations.

BIASC contact: <alexander.desmet@biasc.be> <yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be>

More details: https://www.redhat.com/cms/managed-files/tr-red-hat-academy-brochure-interactive-f8578-201806-en_0.pdf

Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon Brussels | October 2018

Benelux Academies from Higher Education are invited to take part in the Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon which aims at improving the numbers of students interested in ICT education by showcasing the relevance and value of ICT both for social and business purposes. All academies are allowed to send a mixed team of six students and a teamleader for a real ICT education challenge. The winning team will be invited to CiscoLive 2019 in Barcelona to demonstrate the results of their work to a large audience.

The Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Innovation Student Challenge runs in Central Brussels from 10 to 12 October 2018. The first day 3-4 team members are required, the second day 6 team members are required.

For more information and registration click on the links below.

URL: Registration for the Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon

URL: Preparation for the Cisco Benelux Lighthouse Hackathon

 

Benelux Partnership with CompTIA making certification exams affordable

BiASC is a CompTIA partner for the Benelux region in cooperation with NASC.

CompTIA offers vendor neutral certification exams, including courseware materials. The Cisco Networking Course IT Essentials is a direct preparation for the A+ exams.

Every year we organize a partner meeting showcasing new trends in CyberSecurity, Infrastructure , Networking and Cloud together with CompTIA. 

Schools and university colleges can apply for free to take part in the CompTIA Academy Programme. Discounts for exam vouchers amount to 40%, making certification exams affordable for students.

More information about the CompTIA Academy Program you can find here: https://partners.comptia.org/become-a-partner/academy-partner

Delivery Program for Commercial Partners: https://partners.comptia.org/become-a-partner/delivery-partner

 

BiASC Cisco Netacad Student Participants Grows by almost 1000

The number of Cisco Netacad students in Belgium has grown by almost 1000 units in the current academic year.

Well done by all institutions and instructors attracting all these students!

 

The Growing Value of Certifications

In a recent survey by Pearson Vue Cisco Networking and Security count among the most interesting for IT Professionals
URL: https://wsr.pearsonvue.com/voc/

Call For Projects - “BEDIGITAL” - 13 juli 2018

For more information: meeting 14-06-2018 -  15h00 - Coop.brussels - Quai Fernand Demets 23, 1070 Anderlecht

VOOR WIE?
Alle ondernemingen (starters of reeds lang bestaande ondernemingen, zeer kleine of grote ondernemingen), zelfstandigen, vzw’s, samenwerkingsverbanden tussen bedrijven, enz. die activiteiten ontwikkelen ter ondersteuning van de uitbouw van de digitale economie in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest.

POUR QUI ?
Toutes les entreprises (starter ou existant de longue date, TPE ou grande entreprise), les indépendants, les asbl, les partenariats d’entreprises, etc. qui développent des activités de soutien au développement de l’économie numérique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.

 

WAARVOOR?
Elke actie of elk vernieuwend project dat een antwoord helpt bieden op de uitdagingen met betrekking tot de digitale omschakeling in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, en meer in het bijzonder:

• de bewustmaking van jongeren voor wetenschap, technologie, kunst, engineering en wiskunde (STEAM)
• de ontwikkeling van digitale tools die verband houden met de uitdagingen van:
  • de digitale omschakeling van de culturele en creatieve industrie,
  • de veroudering van de bevolking
  • de opwaardering van de STEAM-beroepen en -afzetmogelijkheden.

 

POUR QUOI ?
Toute démarche ou tout projet innovant qui contribue à répondre aux défis liés à la transformation numérique en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.

L’appel vise plus particulièrement les mesures suivantes :

• Sensibilisation des jeunes aux STAIM
• le développement d’outils numériques en lien avec les enjeux :
  • de la transition numérique des industries culturelles et créatives
  • du vieillissement de la population
  • et de la valorisation des métiers et des débouchés offerts par les STAIM.

Digital Champions.be

In Belgium, like many other European countries, we need to maximize for and boost all Digital Skills initiatives that can help our Belgian citizens to be part of the Digital Landscape.

We learn and develop new skills throughout our lives. Therefore we have created Digital Champions.Be: every Belgian must have the chance to become a Digital Champion.

Stakeholders/ Participants

URL: https://www.digitalchampions.be/digitalchampions/stakeholders/

 

Baromètre de la société de l’information (2017)

Le numérique constitue un facteur déterminant pour la compétitivité de notre économie et un gisement de croissance considérable. Les TIC contribuent dans une large mesure à cette croissance par l’effet d’entrainement qu’elles produisent sur l’ensemble des secteurs de l’économie.

Selon le plan, la Belgique doit pouvoir atteindre trois objectifs phares à l’horizon 2020 :

• la Belgique devrait atteindre le top 3 du numérique dans le classement Digital Economy and Society Index (l’indice européen relatif à l’économie et à la société numériques),
• 1.000 nouvelles start-ups devraient voir le jour et
• la révolution numérique devrait créer 50.000 nouveaux emplois dans tout un éventail de secteurs.

Dans un monde où les technologies jouent un rôle sans cesse croissant, la maîtrise des compétences numériques revêt une importance cruciale. Dans le sillage de l’initiative européenne portant sur la mise en place d’une grande coalition autour de l’emploi dans les TIC, la Belgique a établi le plan « Digital Champions.be » visant à acquérir et développer les compétences numériques des enfants, des élèves, des étudiants et des adultes.

URL: https://economie.fgov.be/sites/default/files/Files/Online/Barometre-societe-de-l-information/Barometre-de-la-societe-de-l-information-2017.pdf

 

VMware Academy 2018-2019

 

The VMware Academy Programme is undergoing changes in 2018-2019. Most important is the new and broader curriculum with a strong foundation in virtualization and cloud.

Changes for 2018 – New Academic courses

• Appeal to a much broader student population
• Update our current commercial curriculum with three Academic-friendly courses to be phased in throughout the year.
• Develop a strong foundation in virtualization and cloud
• Digital badges awarded after course completion to share on social media
• Academy-specific certification to recognize knowledge and skills opening doors for first IT job
• New offering for secondary/high schools

PPT:  Download VMware IT Academy Overview 5.18

 

Cisco Networking Academy and GDPR Readiness

Global message from Cisco Networking Academy

25 May 2018 At Cisco, privacy and data protection are of utmost importance. We’re committed to maintaining strong protections for our customers, products and company; and we strive to be trustworthy, transparent and accountable in our data handling practices worldwide. As you may know, the EU implemented on May 25th 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and we have conducted extensive assessments to make sure that we are in alignment with the guidelines. For your reference, below are links to a series of resources which provide more information for how Cisco and Networking Academy treat this important topic: Online Privacy Statement Cisco Trust Center  Data Protection & Privacy  EU General Data Protection Regulation There are some modifications that we have made in the membership guide and an updated copy is available for your review. Networking Academy specific FAQs for GDPR and a GDPR Data Sheet will also be published soon.

New Hardware Bundle CCNA + Security for Netacad Members

Every Cisco Academy is able to buy Cisco hardware at a discount of 75%. Here is a quote from 2018 only for BiASC members. Prices are subject to change.

 A Cisco Netacad hardware bundle is a fixed grouping of hardware that you cannot change. It consists of:

• Three routers
• Three switches
• Extra modules, cabling and licences
• Adaptive Security Appliance ASA (only for CCNA Security*)

Below are the unit prices for the standard lab equipment for CCNA and CCNA Security

• LAN Switch WS-C2960: €330.32
• Internet Router Cisco ISR 4321 : €508.87
• Internet Router with integrated firewall Cisco ISR 4321 with security bundle: €763.94 (*)
• Firewall Device ASA5506-K9 ASA 5506-X with FirePOWER services: €253.80 (*)

(*) Only necessary for CCNA Security courses

REMARK: for the CCNA 1 and CCNA 2 courses it is not necessary to buy hardware equipment. It is feasible only to use the simulation tool Packet Tracer. As a member of BiASC educational institutions have the license to use Packet Tracer for their students.