A Collaborative Cybersecurity Analysis Certification Program

协作网络安全分析认证计划

• 批准号: 2202074
• 负责人: Matthew Payne
• 金额: $ 15.77万
• 依托单位: Southern West Virginia Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2202074&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Cybersecurity; Analysis; Certification; Program

To meet workforce demands crucial to the Nation’s security and sustained economic development, this project will develop an educational and career pipeline for the regional and national cybersecurity workforce. Three West Virginia educational institutions: BridgeValley Community and Technical College, the Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, and the University of Charleston, will work together to develop and launch a four-course, two-semester Security Analysis (SA) Certificate program. The program will be offered virtually and in-person and will target veterans, military-connected adult learners, and high school students from West Virginia’s rural and economically depressed southern counties. The goals of the project include: (1) building a sustainable educational and career pipeline for critically needed cyber specialists, and (2) growing a capable and trained workforce of cyber specialists with security abilities and skills vital to national security within West Virginia and across the country. The three institutions share relationships with regional hiring organizations and have been independently attentive to industry workforce needs. Combining efforts and streamlining recruiting and co-curricular activities will improve each institution’s cybersecurity and information technology academic offerings, and will create a pipeline across state, regional, and national sectors. In addition to the ATE community, the project team will share best practices and outcomes across technical, industrial, and military networks. The project team will work with the state’s First2 Network, an NSF INCLUDES program focused on increasing STEM academic offerings to first-generation students, and TechConnect West Virginia, a statewide organization promoting innovative research and workforce growth by partnering with businesses and regional stakeholders. Evaluation of the project consists of a constructive and collaborative adaptation of the “Input, Outputs, and Outcome” model. The evaluation will provide an outside, independent perspective on the effectiveness of the project and SA Certificate program. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.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.

为了满足劳动力对国家的安全和持续经济发展至关重要，该项目将为区域和国家网络安全劳动力开发教育和职业渠道。西弗吉尼亚州的三个教育机构：布里奇瓦利社区和技术学院，南部弗吉尼亚州社区和技术学院以及查尔斯顿大学，将共同开发和启动四道菜，两学期的两学期安全分析（SA）证书计划。该计划将实际上和面对面地提供，并将针对退伍军人，与军事联系的成人学习者以及来自西弗吉尼亚州大致且经济沮丧的南部县的高中生。该项目的目标包括：（1）为迫切需要的网络专家建立可持续的教育和职业管道，以及（2）在西弗吉尼亚州和全国各地对国家安全至关重要的网络专家的有能力且受过训练的网络专家劳动力。这三个机构与区域招聘组织共享关系，并独立专注于行业劳动力需求。结合努力并简化招聘和课外活动将改善每个机构的网络安全和信息技术学术产品，并将在州，地区和国家领域建立一条管道。除了ATE社区外，项目团队还将在技术，工业和军事网络上分享最佳实践和成果。项目团队将与该州的第一个2网络合作，NSF包括专注于增加第一代学生的STEM学术产品的计划，以及通过与企业和区域利益相关者合作，通过与企业和地区利益相关者合作，促进创新研究和劳动力增长的全州组织TechConnect West Virginia。该项目的评估包括对“输入，输出和结果”模型的建设性和协作改编。评估将对项目和SA证书计划的有效性提供外部独立的观点。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术人员的教育。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的智力优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来获得支持的。