Collaborative Research: Capacity Building: Building a Cybersecurity Pipeline through Experiential Virtual Labs and Workforce Alliances

合作研究：能力建设：通过体验式虚拟实验室和劳动力联盟构建网络安全管道

• 批准号: 1723323
• 负责人: Jorge Crichigno
• 金额: $ 43.37万
• 依托单位: Northern New Mexico College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2018-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1723323&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Capacity; Building; Cybersecurity

This project proposes to implement a cybersecurity concentration embedded in the Bachelor degree in Information Engineering Technology at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC). The concentration will consist of two regular core courses, two Capstone courses, and one internship experience. The program of studies will also include three cybersecurity-infused prerequisite courses involving computers, networking, and programming essentials. This effort will be conducted in partnership with the University of South Florida (USF). The comprehensive project has several components. First, the project will create advanced curricular and training material for 100-level to 400-level courses enriched with a large number of virtual laboratories (vLabs) covering the fundamental principles of cybersecurity. The vLabs and training manuals will be portable, ready to use and deployable in a standard virtual environment without the need for configuration or package installation, thus promoting resource sharing. The proposed curriculum will also include a training standard recognized by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) to meet the CNSS 4011 training standard. Second, NNMC and USF will establish an alliance with industry organizations and with Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL), including Engineering/IT divisions at LANL and its National Security Education Center (NSEC), to create an internship program in cybersecurity. The alliance will strengthen the collaboration with industry and federal laboratories, in efforts to bolster national security. Third, NNMC will partner with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and a regional rural high-school to strengthen the cybersecurity pipeline and increase the production of professionals to fill regional demand. Finally, the educational model and curricular material will be available and further disseminated through well-established channels, such as the Western Academy Support and Training Center (WASTC). WASTC provides computer science and IT training across the country and supports hundreds of higher education institutions that have interest in adopting vLabs.

该项目建议在北新墨西哥学院 (NNMC) 的信息工程技术学士学位中实施网络安全专业。该专业将包括两门常规核心课程、两门顶点课程和一项实习经历。该学习计划还将包括三门网络安全先决课程，涉及计算机、网络和编程基础知识。这项工作将与南佛罗里达大学 (USF) 合作进行。该综合项目由多个组成部分组成。首先，该项目将为 100 级至 400 级课程创建高级课程和培训材料，并通过大量涵盖网络安全基本原理的虚拟实验室 (vLab) 进行丰富。 vLab和培训手册将是可移植的、随时可用的，并且可以在标准虚拟环境中部署，无需配置或安装包，从而促进资源共享。拟议的课程还将包括国家安全局 (NSA) 和国家安全系统委员会 (CNSS) 认可的培训标准，以满足 CNSS 4011 培训标准。其次，NNMC 和 USF 将与行业组织和洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室 (LANL) 建立联盟，包括 LANL 的工程/IT 部门及其国家安全教育中心 (NSEC)，以创建网络安全实习计划。该联盟将加强与行业和联邦实验室的合作，努力加强国家安全。第三，NNMC 将与新墨西哥州劳动力解决方案部和一所地区农村高中合作，加强网络安全渠道并增加专业人员的培养，以满足地区需求。最后，教育模式和课程材料将通过西部学院支持和培训中心（WASTC）等完善的渠道提供并进一步传播。 WASTC 在全国范围内提供计算机科学和 IT 培训，并为数百家有兴趣采用 vLab 的高等教育机构提供支持。

项目成果

A Distributed Academic Cloud and Virtual Laboratories for Information Technology Education and Research

用于信息技术教育和研究的分布式学术云和虚拟实验室

• DOI: 10.1109/tsp52935.2021.9522672
• 发表时间: 2021-07-26
• 期刊: 2021 44th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP)
• 作者: J. Crichigno;Elie F. Kfoury;K. Caudle;Paul Crump
• 通讯作者: Paul Crump