Collaborative Project: Capacity Building in Information Assurance and Computer Security

随着数据的电子收集、存储和检索成为现代生活中越来越普遍的一部分，因此需要增加信息保障（IA）意识和专业知识，以保护不断发展的系统。该项目利用普渡大学的信息保障专业知识，在阿拉斯加建立一个框架，以满足学术、商业、法律和执法社区的信息安全需求。最初的重点是确定该州当前的IA意识水平和需求。然后，该项目继续开发UAF- IA课程，专门针对该州不同地理位置人口的学习需求进行定制，重点是远程教育。该项目的结果将包括对该州当前IA意识和需求水平的陈述，新的IA课程，以及UAF学术卓越中心（CAE）认证的发展和应用。该提案的第二个目标是进一步发展普渡大学的能力，以满足计算机取证专业知识的需求。普渡大学（Purdue University）正在对阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校（University of Alaska at Fairbanks）开设的一门本科计算机取证课程进行基准测试；普渡大学（Purdue University）也在开发和试点一门本科级别的计算机取证课程。

As the electronic collection, storage, and retrieval of data becomes an ever more pervasive part of modern life, there is an associated need for increased Information Assurance (IA) awareness and expertise in order to secure evolving systems. This project leverages the Information Assurance expertise of Purdue University to build a framework in Alaska that will address the IA needs of the academic, commercial, legal, and law enforcement communities. The initial focus is aimed at determining the current level of IA awareness and needs in the state. The project then continues to develop the UAF- IA curriculum specifically tailored to fit the learning needs of the state's geographically diverse population with an emphasis on distance education. Results of the project will include a statement of the current IA awareness and needs level in the state, a new IA curriculum, and development towards and application for the Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) certification for UAF. A secondary goal of this proposal is to further develop the capacity of Purdue University to meet the needs for computer forensics expertise. Purdue University is benchmarking an undergraduate computer forensics course offered at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks; Purdue University is also developing and pilot testing a computer forensics course at the undergraduate level.