SaTC: EDU: Vertically-Aligned Hands-on Cybersecurity Curriculum Based on Adversarial Thinking

SaTC：EDU：基于对抗性思维的垂直实践网络安全课程

基本信息

批准号：
2037658
负责人：
Gaby Dagher
金额：
$ 40万
依托单位：
Boise State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-05-01 至 2025-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2037658&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
SaTC EDU Vertically Aligned Hands

项目摘要

Cybersecurity threats take a psychological and financial toll on individuals, governments, and industry. Therefore, it is critical that academic institutions produce a workforce capable of handling the nation’s increasing cybersecurity challenges. Existing educational materials focus mainly on teaching cybersecurity from the perspective of principles and concepts. However, it is essential to develop materials that teach students how to think like an adversary (attacker). The goal of this project is to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage as well as gaps in available university-level cybersecurity programs through the development of undergraduate cybersecurity education labs focused on adversarial thinking. The three lab modules will be designed to be stackable and adaptable and will be made available to the cybersecurity community nationwide.The project will develop a vertically-aligned undergraduate curriculum that ensures a logical progression of materials as well as learning objectives that increase in complexity. The modules will incorporate industry best practices and tools, and address both relevant knowledge and hands-on practical skills to simulate real-world cyber problems and environments. Game-theoretical and multi-role approaches will be used to help students think more like an adversary. Module materials will incorporate virtual machine images for lab activities, a student manual with hands-on lab activities, instructional videos on how to deliver the lab lessons, and an instructor’s manual with detailed rationale and instructions. In addition, the module materials will include an assessment guide to evaluate how the activities increase student awareness, adoption, and retention of new knowledge. The modules will be deployed and evaluated at Boise State University. The modules will also be integrated into cybersecurity courses at Northwest Missouri State University and Illinois State University. This project is supported by the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program, which funds proposals that address cybersecurity and privacy, and in this case specifically cybersecurity education. The SaTC program aligns with the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan and the National Privacy Research Strategy to protect and preserve the growing social and economic benefits of cyber systems while ensuring security and privacy.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.

网络安全威胁会给个人、政府和行业带来心理和经济损失，因此，学术机构培养一支能够应对国家日益严峻的网络安全挑战的人才队伍至关重要，现有的教育材料主要侧重于从原理和角度教授网络安全。然而，开发教学生如何像对手（攻击者）一样思考的材料是至关重要的。该项目的目标是通过开发解决网络安全劳动力短缺以及现有大学级别网络安全计划的差距。本科生网络安全教育实验室专注于这三个实验室模块将被设计为可堆叠和适应性强，并将提供给全国的网络安全社区。该项目将开发一个垂直排列的本科课程，以确保材料的逻辑进展以及提高学习目标。这些模块将结合行业最佳实践和工具，并解决相关知识和实践技能，以模拟现实世界的网络问题和环境，并使用博弈论和多角色方法来帮助学生思考更多。像对手一样。将包含用于实验室活动的虚拟机图像、包含实践实验室活动的学生手册、有关如何教授实验课程的教学视频以及包含详细原理和说明的教师手册。此外，模块材料还将包括评估指南。评估这些活动如何提高学生对新知识的认识、采用和保留。这些模块还将在密苏里西北州立大学和伊利诺伊州立大学的网络安全课程中进行部署和评估。由安全可信的网络空间支持(SaTC) 计划，该计划资助解决网络安全和隐私问题的提案，在本例中，特别是网络安全教育。SaTC 计划与联邦网络安全研究与发展战略计划和国家隐私研究战略相一致，以保护和维护不断增长的社会和经济。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得支持，确保通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。