Information Assurance Excellence Program

信息科学和系统(33)这个项目建立了信息保障卓越计划(IAEP)，以满足联邦政府机构对信息保障专家的需求。该项目建立了一个长期的招聘渠道，包括在校园内招聘学生，与社区大学达成协议，并为高中生提供早期接触。除了作为一群人参加课程外，学者们还参与专业和职业发展活动，在这些活动中，他们提供技术研讨会，并有机会与执业专业人员进行讨论。他们参加技术竞赛，从事研究项目。对计划组成部分及其整体有效性的评估有助于为成功招聘、指导、留住和安置信息保障专业人员提供大量知识和最佳实践战略。这个项目强调实践。在经验丰富的教师和校友IA专业人员的指导下，IAEP的学生被要求在课堂之外的应用活动中工作。具体要求包括以演讲和研讨会的形式传播以技能为基础的学习，向社区大学和高中进行同行接触，以及参加地区性IA竞赛。IAEP的招聘工作侧重于吸引来自CSUSB和社区大学的各种申请者，其中许多人可能是来自代表性不足群体的学生。通过提供指导和支持，以提高这些未来专业人员的学术能力，并通过在实习期间和最终安置期间保持这些支持机制，该计划经历的自然减员很少。该计划的成果形成了一个可复制的模式，可以传播到其他参与信息保障学院和大学的学术卓越中心。

Information Science and Systems (33) This project establishes the Information Assurance Excellence Program (IAEP) to address the need for Information Assurance specialists in federal government agencies. The program creates a long-term recruitment pipeline that includes recruiting students on campus, creating agreements with community colleges, and providing early exposure for high school students. In addition to enrolling in courses as a cohort, the Scholars engage in professional and career development activities in which they deliver technical workshops and have opportunities to engage in discussions with practicing professionals. They participate in technology competitions and they work on research projects.The evaluation of the program components and its overall effectiveness contributes to the body of knowledge and best practice strategies for successful recruitment, mentorship, retention and placement of Information Assurance professionals. This program emphasizes practice. Under the mentorship of experienced faculty and alumni IA professionals, IAEP students are required to work in applied activities beyond the classroom. Specific requirements include the dissemination of skills based learning in the form of presentations and workshops, peer outreach to community colleges and high schools, and participation in regional IA competitions.IAEP recruitment efforts focus on attracting a diverse range of applicants from CSUSB and community colleges, many of whom are likely to be students from underrepresented groups. By offering mentoring and support to increase the scholarly abilities of these future professionals, and by maintaining these support mechanisms throughout their internships and in their ultimate placement, the program experiences little attrition. The results of the program form a replicable model that can be disseminated to other participating Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance colleges and universities.