CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Building the Next Generation Cybersecurity Engineering Workforce

Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金：建设下一代网络安全工程队伍

• 批准号: 2146359
• 负责人: Feng Li
• 金额: $ 372.9万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 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=2146359&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Building; Next

Cybersecurity threats are the most significant challenge to information technology infrastructure in the digital age. The ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in Spring 2021 is just one example that highlights the urgent need for a well-trained cybersecurity workforce. The CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) project at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will provide diverse students with an educational experience that combines an interdisciplinary academic curriculum with real-world cybersecurity research and internship experiences. In addition, the project will promote diversity in the cybersecurity workforce by leveraging a variety of ongoing initiatives and interest groups at the university, and by partnering with a local community college in recruitment efforts targeting groups who remain underrepresented in the cybersecurity field. The combination of vital academic preparation with applied cybersecurity engineering experience will produce next-generation cybersecurity engineers uniquely situated to strengthen the U.S. government workforce's ability to respond to national security needs and protect its critical infrastructure. Over the past two years, IUPUI has built two new innovative degree programs based on existing strengths in computer and information technology and engineering, leading to a B.S. in Cybersecurity and a M.S. in Cybersecurity and Trusted Systems. Both programs are the first in the Indianapolis metropolitan region. The SFS project at IUPUI will provide 22 diverse students pursuing the B.S., M.S., or an accelerated B.S./M.S. program with access to a broad curriculum in cybersecurity, synergistic co-curricular activities, cohort-based mentorship, and internship experiences. The program will engage in active recruitment and outreach that promotes diversity through an array of ongoing initiatives at IUPUI, including: 1) an NSF REU Site on Enhancing Undergraduate Experiences in Mobile Cloud and Data Security; 2) an NSF S-STEM Urban STEM Collaboratory project; 3) an NSF Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) initiative called STARS Computing Corps; 4) other existing cybersecurity research and education projects; 5) a collaboration with Purdue University’s Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) and Indiana University’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR); and 6) an existing partnerships with Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. The program will also collaborate with IUPUI’s Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Black Student Union, the IU-Minority Serving Institutions STEM Initiative; and the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology. 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.

网络安全威胁是数字时代信息技术基础架构的最重大挑战。 2021年春季对殖民管道的勒索软件攻击只是一个例子，强调了迫切需要训练有素的网络安全劳动力。印第安纳大学普渡大学印第安纳波利斯大学（IUPUI）的网络核心服务奖学金项目（SFS）项目将为潜水员提供教育经验，将跨学科的学术课程与现实网络安全研究和实际研究经验相结合。此外，该项目将通过利用大学的各种持续的计划和利益集团，并与当地社区学院合作，从事针对网络安全领域代表性不足的团体的招聘工作的招聘工作，从而促进网络安全劳动力的多样性。重要的学术准备与应用的网络安全工程经验的结合将产生下一代网络安全工程师，以加强美国政府劳动力满足国家安全需求并保护其关键基础设施的能力。在过去的两年中，IUPUI基于计算机，信息技术和工程的现有优势建立了两个新的创新学位课程，从而导致了学士学位。在网络安全和硕士学位在网络安全和值得信赖的系统中。这两个计划的IUPUI SFS项目都将为攻读B.S.，M.S.或加速的B.S./M.S的22名潜水员提供。可以访问网络安全，协同课程活动，基于队列的心态和实习经验的广泛课程的计划。该计划将通过IUPUI的一系列持续计划，包括：1）NSF REU网站，以增强移动云和数据安全方面的本科体验； 2）NSF S-STEM城市STEM协作项目； 3）NSF扩大了计算（BPC）倡议的参与，称为恒星计算兵团； 4）其他现有的网络安全研究和教育项目； 5）与普渡大学信息保证与安全研究中心（Cerias）和印第安纳大学应用网络安全研究中心（CACR）合作； 6）与印第安纳州常春藤科技社区学院建立了现有合作伙伴关系。该计划还将与IUPUI多样性，公平和包容性副校长办公室合作；黑人学生会，IU最少的服务机构STEM INEPATIVE；以及技术女性卓越的中心。该项目得到了Cyber​​corps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划的支持，该计划资助建立或持续的网络安全科学计划，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，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持续时间。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准来评估NSF的法定任务。

项目成果

An Adaptive Plug-and-Play (PnP) Interactive Platform for an E-Voting based Cybersecurity Curricula

用于基于电子投票的网络安全课程的自适应即插即用 (PnP) 交互平台

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: IFIP International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA'23
• 作者: Muwei Zheng, Nathan Swearingen

Advancing Active Authentication for User Privacy and Revocability with BioCapsules

利用 BioCapsules 推进用户隐私和可撤销性的主动身份验证

• DOI: 10.1145/3565287.3617624
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: ACM
• 作者: Sanchez, Edwin Antonio;Weyer, Anthony;Palackal, Joseph;Wang, Kai;Phillips, Tyler;Zou, Xukai
• 通讯作者: Zou, Xukai

Sorting Ransomware from Malware Utilizing Machine Learning Methods with Dynamic Analysis

利用机器学习方法和动态分析对勒索软件和恶意软件进行分类

• DOI: 10.1145/3565287.3617632
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: ACM
• 作者: Schoenbachler, Joshua;Krishnan, Vinay;Agarwal, Garvit;Li, Feng
• 通讯作者: Li, Feng