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.

保持计算机和信息系统的安全是一项重大挑战。企业、工业和政府需要准备充分的技术人员来预防、检测和调查网络安全漏洞，而网络威胁的增长需要更多拥有适当、特定知识和技能的工人。马里兰州南部拥有多个海军基地、多家财富 500 强公司以及越来越多的小型创业企业，对受过教育和有才华的网络安全人员的需求超过了供应。该项目将有助于扩大该地区的网络安全劳动力人才渠道并增加其多样性。特别是，它将培养具有商业和管理知识的网络安全专业人员。该项目将实施经研究证明有效的实践，有助于理解影响招聘、保留、学生成功、学术的课程和课外活动。以及职业道路以及网络安全方面的学位获得情况。该项目将推出更新的网络安全课程，该课程与马里兰州南部工业和军事基地合作伙伴独特的网络安全劳动力需求紧密结合。课程的修改也与继续将学院指定为国家网络防御学术卓越中心 - 2 年制教育 (CAE-2Y) 相一致。活动将包括：* 开发一个专注于网络安全政策的新业务领域，为学生提供可叠加的证书和获得专业网络安全认证的机会；* 夏季迎新活动；* 训练营研讨会，帮助学生为认证考试做好准备；* 每月群组活动，例如客座演讲、实地考察、黑客马拉松和职业丰富；* 为 K-12 教师、家长和学生举办的网络安全职业意识研讨会；* 一个虚拟学习社区，将在不同校园上课的学生聚集在一起；* 吸引行业参与合作伙伴在课程设计；* 将现实生活中的网络安全强化活动融入网络安全计划中，以提高学生满意度并提高保留率； * 增加进入网络安全职业的女性、少数族裔和第一代大学生的数量。该项目由先进技术教育 (ATE) 计划资助，该计划重点关注推动先进技术领域技术人员的教育该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。