Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA)

系统安全与信息保障中心 (CSSIA)

• 批准号: 1465163
• 负责人: John Sands
• 金额: $ 153.31万
• 依托单位: Moraine Valley Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-15 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1465163&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Center; Systems; Security; Information; Assurance

Keeping computers and information systems secure is a major challenge. Business, industry, and government need well-prepared technicians who can prevent, detect, and investigate cybersecurity breaches, and the growth of cyber-threats has created a need for many more workers who have appropriate, specific knowledge and skills. The Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA; http://www.cssia.org) was founded in 2003 to expand the pipeline of professionals in the emerging field of cybersecurity. Since then, CSSIA has worked with community colleges, educators at all levels, and business leaders across the nation to identify and address obstacles in building successful cybersecurity certificate and degree programs. The center distributes course content to more than 260 institutions and hosts a national faculty development academy that provides workshops to over 500 cybersecurity educators annually. With continued funding as an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) support center, CSSIA will continue to expand the nation's pool of entry-level Information Assurance/Cyber Defense (IA/CD) professionals and to improve curricula and teaching in the field.CSSIA was previously funded as an ATE regional center (NSF Awards DUE-0302612 and DUE-0702872) and as an ATE resource center (NSF Award DUE-1002746). As an ATE support center, CSSIA will focus on four activities:(1) Increasing the number of minority, female, and veteran students pursuing IA/CD training. An outreach team will provide mentoring and will work with the Association of Computer and Information Science/Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI), the Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), and Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) to prepare minorities, women, and veterans to compete in cyber defense competitions, which serve as recruiting sources for cybersecurity employers.(2) Providing updated, relevant curricula and faculty development opportunities that meet IA/CD business and industry needs. Certification classes for college faculty and National Faculty Development Academy workshops will keep faculty members current with industry trends, help them earn industry-recognized credentials, and ensure that they are able to prepare students to combat current and future cybersecurity threats.(3) Updating and widely distributing innovative virtual teaching and learning environments. CSSIA's virtual platform, which has been developed and fine-tuned over past years, provides a safe setting for experiential learning, including IA/CD competitions, simulations, and on-site workforce experiences.(4) Leveraging CSSIA's social media network, which has over 3,500 subscribers, across other ATE cybersecurity education centers and projects. This network will be utilized to assist with business, industry, and academic needs assessments; to expand the impact of the resources offered by the ATE centers and projects; and to boost attendance at national IA/CD events, including the Community College Cyber Summit (3CS), the High-Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HI-TEC), the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE), and the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) conference.

确保计算机和信息系统安全是一个主要挑战。商业，工业和政府需要准备充分的技术人员，他们可以预防，检测和调查网络安全漏洞，而网络威胁的增长使更多具有适当，特定知识和技能的工人产生了需求。系统安全与信息保证中心（CSSIA； http://www.cssia.org）成立于2003年，旨在扩大新兴网络安全领域的专业人员管道。从那时起，CSSIA与社区大学，各级教育工作者以及全国各地的商业领袖合作，以识别和解决建立成功的网络安全证书和学位课程的障碍。该中心向260多家机构分发课程内容，并主持国家教师发展学院，该学院每年为500多名网络安全教育者提供讲习班。凭借继续作为高级技术教育（ATE）支持中心的资金，CSSIA将继续扩大该国入门级信息保证/网络防御/网络防御（IA/CD）专业人员的库，并改善现场的课程和教学。 DUDY-1002746）。作为ATE支持中心，CSSIA将重点关注四个活动：（1）增加接受IA/CD培训的少数民族，女性和资深学生的数量。宣传团队将提供指导，并将与少数民族机构（ADMI）的计算机和信息科学/工程部门协会，西班牙裔/奇卡诺斯州的进步协会和美国原住民（SACNAS）以及网络安全妇女（WICYS）（WICYS）的妇女（WICYS），以竞争少数群体，妇女和退伍军人的竞争者，以竞争竞争者，以竞争赛车的竞争者，该竞争者是赛车竞争，这些竞争者是招募招聘的竞争者，这些竞争者是招募竞争者，这些竞争者是招募竞争者，这些竞争者是招募竞争者，该竞争者是招聘的竞争。提供满足IA/CD业务和行业需求的更新，相关的课程和教师开发机会。大学教师和国家教师发展学院研讨会的认证课程将使教职员工保持趋势，帮助他们赚取行业认可的证书，并确保他们能够为学生做好准备以应对当前和未来的网络安全威胁。（3）更新并广泛分布创新的虚拟教学和学习环境。 CSSIA的虚拟平台在过去几年中已经开发和微调，为体验学习提供了一个安全的环境，包括IA/CD竞赛，仿真和现场劳动力体验。（4）利用CSSIA的社交媒体网络，该网络具有超过3500个Ate Cyber​​cority Cemberecurity Education Centerers和Projection的3500多个订户。该网络将用于协助商业，行业和学术需求评估；扩大ATE中心和项目提供的资源的影响；并促进参加国家IA/CD活动，包括社区学院网络峰会（3CS），高影响力技术交易会会议（HI-TEC），信息系统安全教育座谈会（CISSE）和国家网络安全教育（NICE）会议。