Cyber-Centric Multidisciplinary Security Workforce Development

以网络为中心的多学科安全劳动力发展

• 批准号: 1922180
• 负责人: Jia Di
• 金额: $ 463.46万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1922180&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cyber; Centric; Multidisciplinary; Security; Workforce; Cyber; Centric; Multidisciplinary; Security; Workforce

This project establishes the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at the University of Arkansas, the flagship university in the State of Arkansas, with the goal to recruit, mentor, educate, and train students in the critical field of cybersecurity. Students from multiple disciplines at the undergraduate, MS and PhD levels will participate in the program. The three major departments that participate in this effort are Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Industrial Engineering. Leveraging the existing security research and education resources on campus, the proposed SFS program will provide the student scholars with cyber-centric multidisciplinary security training across cybersecurity, transportation security and critical infrastructure security. Each of these areas has an established research center. Personnel of these centers will work closely with student cohorts in training and supervising their education. These cohorts will also have the opportunity to carry out research in cutting-edge cyber-centric interdisciplinary security projects that are being conducted at the participating research centers. Furthermore, this endeavor will pursue a strong partnership with the Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) by developing pathways for students studying at NWACC to pursue advanced degrees starting with a BS and leading up to a PhD in related areas. Throughout the program, all participating students will get internship opportunities at federal agencies including the intelligence community. When completed, this endeavor is deemed to increase our nation's cyber defense capability by producing a globally competitive cyber-centric security workforce. The University of Arkansas is a DHS/NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research and this SFS effort is led by the Arkansas Security Research and Education Institute (ASCENT), which was established with cross-cutting research and education thrusts. Since this project's focus is cyber-centric security education, each student scholar will be required to take twelve hours (four courses) of cybersecurity courses, including a required course. An online background seminar series will be developed to prepare non-computer students for taking the common course. Students from non-computer majors who have adequate knowledge in the cyber field will be allowed to substitute one cybersecurity course with a security-related course in their own area. Internships at government agencies will be available for all student scholars every summer to both equip them with practical experience in working in such agencies and to allow the agencies to train and evaluate these students for placements after their graduation.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.

该项目在阿肯色州的旗舰大学（Arkansas University of Arkansas of Arkansas of Arkansas University of Arkansas University of Arkansas University of Arkansas of Service（SFS）计划建立了网络奖学金，其目标是在网络安全关键领域招募，导师，教育和培训学生。来自本科，MS和PHD水平的多个学科的学生将参加该计划。参与这项工作的三个主要部门是计算机科学和计算机工程，电气工程和工业工程。为了利用校园的现有安全研究和教育资源，拟议的SFS计划将为学生学者提供以网络安全，运输安全和关键基础设施安全性的网络多学科安全培训。这些领域中的每一个都有一个既定的研究中心。 Personnel of these centers will work closely with student cohorts in training and supervising their education.这些队列还将有机会在参与研究中心进行的尖端网络跨学科安全项目进行研究。此外，这项努力将通过为西北阿肯色州社区学院（NWACC）建立牢固的合作伙伴关系，通过为在NWACC学习的学生开发途径，以从BS开始攻读高级学位，并在相关领域获得博士学位。在整个计划中，所有参加的学生都将在包括情报界在内的联邦机构获得实习机会。完成后，这项努力被认为是通过产生全球竞争性网络安全的安全劳动力来提高我们国家的网络防御能力。阿肯色大学是DHS/NSA网络防御研究学术卓越中心，这项SFS努力由阿肯色州安全研究与教育研究所（ASCENT）领导，该研究所以跨切割研究和教育推力建立。由于该项目的重点是以网络为中心的安全教育，因此每个学生学者都必须花费十二个小时（四个课程）网络安全课程，包括必需的课程。将开发一个在线背景研讨会系列，以准备非计算机学生参加通用课程。来自非计算机专业的学生在网络领域具有足够知识的学生将被允许在自己的地区替换一门网络安全课程。每年夏天，所有学生学者的实习都将为他们提供在此类机构工作方面的实践经验，并允许机构在毕业后培训和评估这些学生的安置。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过基金会的知识分子优点和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得的支持。