CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (Renewal): An Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Program with Technical and Managerial Paths

Cyber​​Corps(R)：服务奖学金（续订）：具有技术和管理路径的跨学科网络安全计划

• 批准号: 2234945
• 负责人: Shambhu Upadhyaya
• 金额: $ 341.86万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2234945&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Renewal; Interdisciplinary

Security training has become the foundation of societal resilience, often necessary for organizational effectiveness. The State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) is a designated National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in cybersecurity education and a CAE in cybersecurity research (CAE-R). UB will leverage this security foundation by participating in the CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to prepare highly qualified cybersecurity professionals to enter the federal workforce. This project builds on a successful program and develops a comprehensive cybersecurity curriculum based on security best practices, experiential learning, and applied research. It will develop authentic pathways to cybersecurity by expanding the program's scope to include undergraduate students and by recruiting students for graduate studies. This project also plans to inspire middle and high school students to become security problem solvers and security professionals. The project will provide scholars with an enhanced, interdisciplinary cybersecurity experience by engaging faculty from computer science, engineering and management sciences with support from mathematics and law at UB. This project will continue to develop and sustain a successful, broad cybersecurity program by building on existing research on ransomware, blockchain technology, and information authenticity. The project will train 24 students in four cohorts in both technical and managerial paths. A minor in cybersecurity will be offered for undergraduate students and an advanced certificate for graduate students specializing in cybersecurity. UB will leverage the state-of-the-art resources in Buffalo's Regional Computer Forensics Lab (RCFL) to offer 15 high-level experience-based courses. These courses include Software Testing, Blockchain Application Development, Systems Security, Network Security, Privacy, Ethics, and an integrative Information Assurance course that will prepare students for industry certification. The project team will actively engage underrepresented groups through the local Minority Management Society, the SUNY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program, and the Women in Management and Engineering and Science groups to recruit students and conduct cybersecurity awareness workshops in Buffalo. Partnerships with local industries will allow educational opportunities and talent development in the emerging domains of artificial intelligence, analytics, and blockchain technology. These stakeholder engagement opportunities will broaden the impact of the project’s cybersecurity efforts within the community. 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.

安全培训已成为社会复原力的基础，通常是组织有效性所必需的。纽约州立大学布法罗分校 (UB) 是指定的网络安全教育国家学术卓越中心 (CAE) 和网络安全研究 CAE (CAE-)。布法罗大学将通过参与 Cyber​​Corps(R)：服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划来利用这一安全基础，为进入联邦劳动力队伍做好准备。该项目以成功的计划为基础，并开发了全面的网络安全课程。基于安全最佳实践，它将通过扩大该项目的范围以包括本科生和招收研究生来开发真正的网络安全途径。该项目还计划激励中学生成为安全问题解决者和安全专业人员。该项目将在布法罗大学数学和法律的支持下，通过计算机科学、工程和管理科学的教师的参与，为学者们提供增强的、跨学科的网络安全经验。勒索软件、区块链技术的现有研究，该项目将培训 24 名学生，分为四个组，为本科生提供网络安全辅修课程，并为专门从事网络安全的研究生提供高级证书。 - 布法罗地区计算机取证实验室 (RCFL) 的艺术资源提供 15 门基于经验的高级课程，这些课程包括软件测试、区块链应用程序开发、系统安全、网络安全、隐私、道德和综合信息保障。该项目团队将通过当地少数族裔管理协会、纽约州立大学路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与计划以及女性管理、工程和科学团体积极与代表性不足的群体合作，招募学生并开展网络安全工作。与当地行业的合作将在人工智能、分析和区块链技术等新兴领域提供教育机会和人才发展机会，这些利益相关者的参与机会将扩大该项目在社区内的网络安全工作的影响。的支持Cyber​​Corps® 服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划，该计划资助建立或继续网络安全奖学金计划的提案，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以培养优秀的网络安全劳动力，奖学金获得者毕业后必须在网络安全领域工作。联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织的奖学金支持期限与其奖学金支持的期限相同。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，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。