Cybersecurity Workforce: Bridging the Gap

网络安全劳动力：弥合差距

基本信息

批准号：
1901757
负责人：
Mary Beth Klinger
金额：
$ 25.89万
依托单位：
College of Southern Maryland
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-10-01 至 2023-09-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1901757&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Cybersecurity Workforce Bridging Gap

项目摘要

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 demand for educated and talented cybersecurity personnel exceeds the supply in Southern Maryland, which is home to multiple naval bases, several Fortune 500 companies, and a growing list of smaller entrepreneurial enterprises. This project will contribute to growing the region's cybersecurity workforce talent pipeline and to increasing its diversity. In particular, it will develop cybersecurity professionals who are also knowledgeable in business and management.The project will implement practices shown by research to be effective, contributing to the understanding of curricular and co-curricular activities that affect recruitment, retention, student success, academic and career pathways, and degree attainment in cybersecurity. The project will introduce an updated cybersecurity curriculum that is closely aligned with the unique cybersecurity workforce needs of industry and military base partners in Southern Maryland. The curricular modifications are also aligned with continuing the college's designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense - 2-Year Education (CAE-2Y). Activities will include:* developing a new business area of concentration in Cybersecurity Policy, with stackable certificates and the opportunity for students to earn professional cybersecurity certifications;* summer orientation events;* boot camp workshops to prepare students for certification exams;* monthly cohort activities, such as guest speakers, field trips, hackathons, and career enrichment;* cybersecurity career awareness workshops for K-12 teachers, parents, and students;* a virtual learning community that will bring together students attending classes on different campuses;* engaging industry partners in the design of courses and curricula;* integrating real-life cybersecurity enrichment activities into the cybersecurity program to increase student satisfaction and improve retention; and* increasing the number of women, minorities, and first-generation college students entering cybersecurity careers.This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, which focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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。对受过教育和才华横溢的网络安全人员的需求超过了马里兰州南部的供应，该供应是多个海军基地的所在地，几家《财富》 500强公司以及越来越多的较小企业家企业的清单。该项目将有助于扩大该地区的网络安全劳动力人才管道并增加其多样性。特别是，它将开发网络安全专业人员，这些专业人员也在业务和管理方面知识渊博。该项目将实施研究的实践，以有效，有助于理解影响招聘，保留，学生成功，学术和职业途径，以及在网络保险方面的学位和学位的途径。该项目将介绍更新的网络安全课程，该课程与马里兰州南部的工业和军事基础合作伙伴的独特网络安全需求密切一致。课程的修改也与继续学院的指定为网络防御学术卓越的国家中心 - 两年期教育（CAE-2Y）。活动将包括：*建立一个新的网络安全政策专注业务领域，并拥有可堆叠的证书和学生获得专业网络安全认证的机会；学生；*一个虚拟学习社区，将召集在不同校园上课的学生；*与行业合作伙伴一起设计课程和课程的设计；*将现实生活中的网络安全丰富活动整合到网络安全计划中，以提高学生满意度并提高保留率； *增加了进入网络安全职业的妇女，少数群体和第一代大学生的数量。该项目由高级技术教育计划（ATE）计划资助，该计划的重点是高级技术领域的技术人员教育，这些技术人员促使国家经济的奖励促使NSF的法定任务和审查均具有宽泛的范围，该奖项通过评估范围弥补了范围的范围。