CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Preparing an Interdisciplinary Next-Gen Cybersecurity Workforce

Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金：培养跨学科的下一代网络安全劳动力

• 批准号: 2146146
• 负责人: Shamik Sengupta
• 金额: $ 330.59万
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2146146&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Preparing; Interdisciplinary

As cyberspace increases in complexity, it is becoming increasingly important to develop a cybersecurity workforce ready to address the challenges of this complex and multi-faceted environment. A skilled cybersecurity workforce is crucial to developing a secure cyberspace and maintaining the Nation's global competitiveness, thus ensuring the United States' economic vitality. With funding from the NSF CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service program this project at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) aims to educate students with the critical knowledge and skills needed to develop, operate, administer, maintain, and defend an increasingly dynamic cyberspace. Towards this end the project will build on synergistic collaboration among multiple disciplines affiliated with the UNR Cybersecurity Center. A key project outcome is the development of the next generation of cybersecurity professionals who can bring an interdisciplinary approach that integrates attention to technical, political, legal, and behavioral issues into a practical, secure, and dependable cyberspace. The project will draw on students from a host of diverse backgrounds, with particular emphasis on recruiting and retaining groups who are underrepresented in the cybersecurity workforce such as women, first-generation/low-income students, and veterans.By bringing in scholars from multiple disciplines, this project will explore unique ways to engage students in interdisciplinary cybersecurity education, to sustain long-term research and education partnerships, and to motivate students to protect cyberspace through public service. Students will not only engage in UNR's formal cybersecurity curriculum, but also participate in research experiences and gain hands-on skills development through their involvement with the Nevada Cyber Range, Nevada Cyber Club, cyber competitions, a capstone research project, and UNR's Office of IT and Cyber Infrastructure team. To expand outreach activities and lay the foundation for recruiting the next generation of students, SFS scholars will also be required to participate in middle/high school visits with the project faculty team, engage with school cyber clubs, and create workshops for their younger peers. The project will promote the participation of students who are underrepresented in the cybersecurity workforce by partnering with UNR's First-Generation Student Services Center, Women into Computer Science and Engineering (WiCSE) student organization, and the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). Furthermore, this project will focus on recruiting veterans by partnering with UNR's Veteran Services. This project is supported by the CyberCorps(R) 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.

随着网络空间的复杂性的增加，发展网络安全劳动力越来越重要，准备应对这种复杂而多方面的环境的挑战。熟练的网络安全劳动力对于开发安全的网络空间和维持全球的全球竞争力至关重要，从而确保了美国的经济活力。 NSF网络核心（R）服务计划的资助该项目在内华达大学，里诺（UNR）的旨在教育学生，以开发，运营，管理，维护和捍卫一个日益动态的网络空间所需的批判知识和技能。为此，该项目将基于与UNR网络安全中心相关的多个学科之间的协同合作。一个关键的项目结果是下一代网络安全专业人员的发展，他们可以带来跨学科的方法，将对技术，政治，法律和行为问题的关注融为一体，将其集成到一个实用，安全和可靠的网络空间中。该项目将借鉴来自各种各样背景的学生，特别强调招募和保留群体，这些团体在网络安全方面的人数不足，例如妇女，第一代/低收入的学生以及退伍军人。通过从多个学科中引入学者，该项目将探索各种各样的社区教育，从而探索互惠性的教育，从而探索跨学科的教育，以实现跨学科的教育，并探索互生学科的发展，并探索跨学科的教育，并探索群体学科的教育，以及跨学科的教育，并将学生通过公共服务保护网络空间。学生不仅将参加UNR的正式网络安全课程，而且还会参与研究经验，并通过参与内华达州网络范围，内华达州网络俱乐部，网络竞赛，Capstone Research项目以及UNR的IT和IT和网络基础设施团队来参与研究经验并获得动手技能的发展。为了扩大宣传活动并为招募下一代学生奠定基础，SFS学者还将被要求与项目教师团队一起参加中/高中访问，与学校网络俱乐部互动，并为年轻同伴创建研讨会。该项目将通过与UNR与UNT的第一代学生服务中心合作，妇女进入计算机科学与工程学（WICSE）学生组织以及国家妇女与信息技术中心（NCWIT），促进人数不足的学生参与网络安全劳动力。此外，该项目将专注于与UNR的退伍军人服务合作，招募退伍军人。该项目得到了网络科目（R）服务奖学金（SFS）计划的支持，该计划资助了在网络安全方面建立或持续奖学金计划的建议，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以开发出色的网络安全劳动力。毕业后，奖学金获得者必须在联邦，州，地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作中工作与其奖学金支持相同的持续时间。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估通过评估的支持。