SFS@BAMA: Shaping the Next Generation of Cyber Professionals

SFS@BAMA：塑造下一代网络专业人员

• 批准号: 1946599
• 负责人: Jeffrey Carver
• 金额: $ 310.1万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1946599&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SFS; BAMA; Shaping; Next; Generation

This project seeks to address the growing national need for highly-trained, well-rounded cybersecurity professionals by recruiting a diverse set of scholars from three academic programs at the University of Alabama: Computer Science, Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Management Information Systems. The trans-disciplinary project leverages the complementary strengths of the three academic programs and builds on the University’s current relationships with local, state, and federal government organizations. Scholars will develop deep technical knowledge from Computer Science, an understanding of the social and behavioral aspects of cyber-crime from Criminology and Criminal Justice, and a grasp on how these concepts fit within organizational contexts from Management Information Systems. Because scholars will be exposed to topics not normally presented in their respective academic programs, they will graduate with a more well-rounded cybersecurity education than their peers. Furthermore, they will be well-prepared to take on the challenges in today’s cyber environment and to serve as leaders in the cybersecurity workforce of the future, beginning with positions in the federal government. The University of Alabama is designated as a Department of Homeland Security and National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research. This project leverages the strengths of the current cybersecurity education and research programs as well as existing relationships with federal, state, and local government organizations. This project will help close the gap between the number of highly qualified cybersecurity professionals needed and the number currently available by awarding six scholarships each project year to exceptional and diverse students drawn from the Computer Science, Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Management Information Systems programs. In addition to completing the core cybersecurity courses within their chosen major, the selected scholars will take courses from the other two academic domains as part of their core curriculum. The Computer Science department offers a Cybersecurity concentration consisting of courses that provide students with a depth of technical content about many aspects of cybersecurity. The Criminology and Criminal Justice department offers one of the few Cyber Criminology minors in the United States, which focuses on applying social and behavioral sciences to the study of the causes and consequences of crimes in cyberspace. The Management Information System program also offers core cybersecurity courses that focus on the application of cybersecurity concepts in a corporate environment. In addition, scholars will receive faculty mentoring, professional development opportunities, and support as they pursue summer internships and full-time employment following graduation.This project is supported by the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, which funds proposals establishing or continuing scholarship programs in cybersecurity and aligns with the U.S. National Cyber Strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce. Following graduation, scholarship recipients are required to work in cybersecurity for a federal, state, local, or tribal Government organization for the same duration as their scholarship support.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.

该项目旨在通过招募来自阿拉巴马大学三个学术课程的潜水员学者：计算机科学，犯罪学和刑事司法和管理信息系统，旨在满足对受训练有素，全面的网络安全专业人员的日益增长的国家需求。跨学科项目利用了三个学术课程的完整优势，并建立在大学与地方，州和联邦政府组织的当前关系。学者将从计算机科学发展，对犯罪学和刑事司法的网络犯罪的社会和行为方面的理解，以及对这些概念如何适合管理信息系统中的组织环境中的理解。由于学者将受到通常在各自的学术课程中通常不提出的主题，因此他们将接受比同行更全面的网络安全教育毕业。此外，他们将为应对当今网络环境中的挑战做好准备，并在未来的网络安全劳动力中担任领导者，从联邦政府的职位开始。阿拉巴马大学被指定为国土安全部和国家安全局的网络防御研究中心。该项目利用当前网络安全教育和研究计划的优势以及与联邦，州和地方政府组织的现有关系。该项目将有助于弥合所需的高素质网络安全专业人员的数量与目前可用的数量之间的差距，每年都会为六个科学授予从计算机科学，犯罪学和刑事司法和管理信息系统计划中汲取的杰出和潜水员的学生。除了完成所选专业的核心网络安全课程外，选定的学者还将作为其核心课程的一部分参加其他两个学术领域的课程。计算机科学系提供了一个网络安全集中度，包括课程，为学生提供有关网络安全许多方面的技术内容的深度。犯罪学和刑事司法部提供了美国为数不多的网络犯罪学未成年人之一，该犯罪犯罪分子的重点是将社会和行为科学应用于网络空间中犯罪的原因和后果的研究。管理信息系统计划还提供核心网络安全课程，这些课程的重点是在公司环境中应用网络安全概念。此外，学者将在追求暑期实习和毕业后的全职工作时获得教师的心理，专业发展的机会和支持。该项目得到了网络核心服务奖学金（SFS）计划的支持，该计划资助建立或持续的Cyber​​security和Cyber​​security和Cymigns Cyber​​ Cyber​​ Strateks for Equiperce for Equiperce corebersecurce cormece corpece cormece coreberce coreperce conforce seppecterce conforce seppecterce。毕业后，科学接受者必须在联邦，州，地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作中工作与科学支持相同的时间。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估我们被认为是诚实的支持。