CyberCorps SFS: Preparing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

Cyber​​Corps SFS：培养下一代网络安全专业人员

• 批准号: 1946537
• 负责人: Scott Shackelford
• 金额: $ 225.73万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 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: 2020-08-15 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1946537&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; SFS; Preparing; Next; Generation

Developing a well-trained cybersecurity workforce is broadly critical to the nation’s economic competitiveness and security. The Indiana University Cybersecurity Scholarship Program (IUCSP) will provide 16 diverse students a novel cybersecurity educational program that combines Indiana University’s (IU) interdisciplinary academic curriculum with real-world internship experiences. To ensure diversity, IUCSP will engage in active recruitment and outreach through an array of initiatives. These initiatives include cybersecurity summer camps hosted by IU’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, existing partnerships with Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, and collaboration with IU’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, the Black Student Union, the IU-Minority Serving Institutions STEM Initiative, and the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology. The combination of strong academic preparation with applied experience, via the IU Cybersecurity Clinic, will produce cybersecurity leaders uniquely situated to strengthen the U.S. government workforce, national security needs, and critical infrastructure protection.IU is a designated National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense in both Education and Research. The proposed IUCSP will produce a pipeline of students holding undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees from one of IU’s academic degree offerings: a bachelor’s in Computer Science, a doctorate in Computer Science, a master’s in Secure Computing, or an interdisciplinary master’s in Cybersecurity Risk Management. This project will determine the efficacy of the IUCSP components, which include recruitment and outreach at major cybersecurity conventions, educational programming as part of the IU Cybersecurity Clinic, summer internships with government organizations, dedicated mentoring, and involvement in workshops and other activities that will ensure IU’s programs continue to be state-of-the-art. Degrees will be coupled with real-world experience from several established, IU-led cybersecurity organizations, as follows. The Omni Security Operations Center helps higher education institutions reduce the impact of cybersecurity threats through a joint Security Operations Center collaboration. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Cybersecurity Center of Excellence leads other NSF-funded research organizations in addressing cybersecurity challenges. The Research and Education Network Information Sharing and Coordination Center serves over 620 member institutions within the higher education and research community by promoting cybersecurity operational protections and response. The IU Cybersecurity Clinic pairs students with Indiana-based organizations to tackle real-world organizational cybersecurity challenges. In addition, students will benefit from IU’s own cybersecurity operations team, which protects 100,000+ students and employees. 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.

培养一支训练有素的网络安全人才队伍对于国家的经济竞争力和安全至关重要。印第安纳大学网络安全奖学金计划 (IUCSP) 将为 16 名不同的学生提供新颖的网络安全教育计划，该计划将印第安纳大学 (IU) 的跨学科学术课程与现实的课程相结合。为了确保多样性，IUCSP 将通过一系列举措积极招募和推广，这些举措包括由印第安纳大学应用网络安全研究中心主办的网络安全夏令营、与常春藤科技社区学院的现有合作伙伴关系。印第安纳州，以及与印第安纳大学负责多样性、公平和多元文化事务的副校长办公室、黑人学生会、印第安纳大学少数族裔服务机构 STEM 计划以及科技女性卓越中心的合作，将强大的学术准备结合在一起。凭借印第安纳大学网络安全诊所的应用经验，将培养出独特的网络安全领导者，以加强美国政府劳动力、国家安全需求和关键基础设施保护。印第安纳大学是指定的国家安全局和国土安全部学术卓越中心拟议的 IUCSP 将培养一批拥有 IU 学术学位课程之一的本科、硕士和博士学位的学生：计算机科学学士学位、计算机科学博士学位、硕士学位。安全计算硕士或网络安全风险管理跨学科硕士学位 该项目将确定 IUCSP 组成部分的有效性，其中包括主要网络安全会议的招聘和推广、作为 IU 网络安全诊所一部分的教育规划、暑期实习。与政府组织的合作、专门的指导以及参与研讨会和其他活动，将确保 IU 的项目继续保持最先进的水平，并将与几个由 IU 领导的网络安全组织的实际经验相结合。 Omni 安全运营中心通过与国家科学基金会 (NSF) 网络安全卓越中心的联合合作，帮助高等教育机构减少网络安全威胁的影响。和教育网络信息共享和协调中心通过促进网络安全运营保护和响应为高等教育和研究界的 620 多个成员机构提供服务。印第安纳大学网络安全诊所将学生与印第安纳州的组织配对，以应对现实世界的组织网络安全挑战。此外，学生还将受益于印第安纳大学的网络安全诊所。自己的网络安全运营团队，保护 100,000 多名学生和员工 该项目得到 Cyber​​Corps® 服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划的支持，该计划资助网络安全领域的提案或建立持续奖学金计划，并与美国国家网络战略旨在培养一支优秀的网络安全人才队伍，奖学金获得者毕业后必须在其奖学金支持期限内为联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织从事网络安全工作。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定规定。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。