Collaborative Research: Capacity Expansion in Information Assurance

该项目扩大了SBU和UH的能力，培养出高素质的信息保障和计算机安全专业人员，为保护我国关键信息基础设施的问题做出明确贡献。SBU已经制定了全国最强大的信息保障研究计划之一。SBU已被国家安全局(NSA)指定为IA教育学术卓越中心(CAE/IAE)。它的IA教育和研究活动由网络安全中心协调。SBU目前开设了几门信息技术研究生级别的课程，并提供硕士和博士级别的信息保证课程。此外，这些项目已通过认证，符合国家安全系统委员会(CNSS)制定的信息系统安全专业人员国家培训标准4011。该项目将IA课程的范围扩大到本科水平，并用于培训其他机构的教师，以开发类似的IA教育项目。具体地说，这项合作提案中SBU部分的目标是：(1)课程和教材开发，(2)密歇根大学和其他机构的师资发展，以及(3)实验室发展。密歇根大学在以下几个方面进行了能力建设：(1)通过调整和实施SBU已经开发的安全和保障方面的示范性教材、课程和课程，建立一个突出的计算机安全和信息保障方面的集中度；(2)开发一个类似于建议在SBU建立的计算机安全和信息保障方面的计算机环境，用于计算机安全和信息保障方面的教学和研究；(3)为计算机安全和信息保障课程开发新的课程和课程模块，并通过万维网进行传播，以及(4)在该计划的第二年在地区机构进行师资培养。

This project expands the capacity of SBU and UH to produce high-quality professionals in information assurance and computer security that can make a definitive contribution towards the problem of protecting our nation's critical information infrastructure. SBU has put together one of the nation's strongest research programs in Information Assurance. SBU has been designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a Center of Academic Excellence in IA Education (CAE/IAE). Its IA education and research activities are coordinated by the Center for Cybersecurity. SBU currently offers several graduate level courses in IA, and offers information assurance concentrations at the Master's and Ph.D. levels. Moreover, these programs have been certified to meet the National Training Standard 4011 for Information Systems Security Professionals set by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS). This project expands the reach of the IA curriculum to the undergraduate level, and serves to train faculty from other institutions to develop similar educational programs in IA. Specifically, the objectives of the SBU component of this collaborative proposal are: (1) curriculum and educational material development, (2) faculty development at UH and other institutions, and (3) laboratory development. At UH capacity building occurs on several fronts: (1) building an outstanding concentration in computer security and information assurance by adapting and implementing the exemplary education materials, curricula, and courses in security and assurance already developed at SBU, (2) development of a computing environment similar to the one proposed to be built at SBU for teaching and research in computer security and information assurance, (3) development of new courses and course modules for computer security and information assurance courses, and dissemination through the World Wide Web, and (4) faculty development at regional institutions in the second year of the program.