Education DCL: EAGER: Enhancing Cybersecurity Awareness of American Indian Farmers and Food Producers: The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska as a Case Study

教育 DCL：EAGER：增强美洲印第安农民和食品生产者的网络安全意识：以内布拉斯加州庞卡部落为例

• 批准号: 2335812
• 负责人: George Grispos
• 金额: $ 11.64万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska at Omaha
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2335812&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Education; DCL; EAGER; Enhancing; Cybersecurity

As information technology is increasingly integrated into modern farms, the food and agriculture industry has become a focal point for cybercriminals and nation-state actors. With many American Indian farmers and food producers selling farm products directly to their tribe, any potential cybersecurity attack impacting such farmers could have disastrous food security consequences for an entire community. This project creates a more secure workforce in the food and agriculture industry through the design and delivery of a cybersecurity educational and workforce initiative. The project's novelties are a curriculum that focuses on cybersecurity risks and threats in the food and agriculture industry, which also takes into consideration culturally sensitive materials for American Indian farmers and food producers. In addition to the specific curriculum, the project's broader significance and importance are the creation of guidelines and lessons learned for creating and maximizing the delivery of cybersecurity educational content to American Indian farmers and food producers.The project contributes to the growing research on cybersecurity curriculum development and the broader improvement of cybersecurity awareness in the farming and agriculture communities. The first contribution is the development of a ten-module cybersecurity course, mapped to the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. These modules help educate and train American Indian farmers and food producers about cybersecurity practices, risks, and threats in the food and agriculture industry. The second contribution of the project is the creation of guidelines and lessons learned emerging from the delivery of the cybersecurity curriculum to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, as well as other American Indian Tribes in Nebraska and the surrounding states. Finally, the cybersecurity curriculum is available to the wider community, providing a foundation for future cybersecurity educational initiatives in the farming and agriculture domain.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.

随着信息技术越来越多地融入现代农场，食品和农业行业已成为网络犯罪分子和民族国家行为者的焦点。由于许多美国印第安农民和食品生产商直接向其部落出售农产品，任何影响这些农民的潜在网络安全攻击都可能给整个社区带来灾难性的粮食安全后果。该项目通过设计和实施网络安全教育和劳动力计划，在食品和农业行业创造更安全的劳动力。该项目的新颖之处在于课程重点关注食品和农业行业的网络安全风险和威胁，同时还考虑了美国印第安农民和食品生产商的文化敏感材料。除了具体的课程之外，该项目更广泛的意义和重要性是为创建和最大限度地向美国印第安农民和食品生产者提供网络安全教育内容而制定指南和经验教训。该项目有助于不断发展的网络安全课程开发研究以及农业社区网络安全意识的更广泛提高。第一个贡献是开发了十个模块的网络安全课程，映射到 NICE 网络安全劳动力框架。这些模块有助于对美国印第安农民和食品生产商进行有关食品和农业行业网络安全实践、风险和威胁的教育和培训。该项目的第二个贡献是制定了向内布拉斯加州庞卡部落以及内布拉斯加州及周边州的其他美洲印第安部落提供网络安全课程的指导方针和经验教训。最后，网络安全课程可供更广泛的社区使用，为未来农业领域的网络安全教育举措奠定基础。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。