An Innovative Cybersecurity Curriculum for Civilian and Military Workforce

在这个SFS能力建设项目中，堪萨斯州立大学的信息和系统保障中心（CISA）是信息保障研究的学术卓越中心（CAE-R），正在与美国陆军指挥和总参谋部学院（CGSC）和曼哈顿地区技术学院（MATC）合作，为三所院校的不同学生群体开发一套全面的网络安全/信息保障课程。堪萨斯州立大学是一所拥有高水平研究活动的公共赠地大学。CGSC的使命是教育军官支持陆军的作战需求。MATC是一所两年制的公立高等教育机构。四门课程构成了正在开发的总体课程：信息保障与网络安全导论、网络空间新兴威胁、先进网络攻防技术和网络战争。该项目的预期成果是：*一个全面的网络安全课程，解决教育和为广泛学术背景的学生提供实践培训的挑战；*基于实验室练习、战争和网络威胁场景的创新模块和课程计划的课程，可以在现有信息技术课程的不同部分无缝集成安全教育内容；*每个课程模块附带详细的教学手册；*加强合作院校教师在网络安全方面的专业知识。这三所大学正在编写、试用和评估课程材料，并通过网络向更广泛的受众提供。研究人员还利用与其他地区学院的联系，并利用堪萨斯州立大学的其他计划，例如教师研究经验（RET）， GK-12 STEM研究员，本科生研究经验（REU）和女孩研究我们的世界（GROW），以扩大课程的范围。

In this SFS Capacity Building project, the Center for Information and Systems Assurance (CISA) at Kansas State University, which is a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research (CAE-R), is collaborating with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) and Manhattan Area Technical College (MATC) to develop a comprehensive cybersecurity/information assurance curriculum appropriate for the different student bodies at the three institutions. Kansas State University is a public land-grant university with a high level of research activity. CGSC's mission is to educate military officers to support the Army's operational requirements. MATC is a two-year public institution of higher education.Four courses constitute the overall curriculum being developed: Introduction to Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, Emerging Threats in Cyberspace, Advanced Cyber-Offense and -Defense Technologies, and Cyber-Warfare.Expected outcomes of the project are:* a comprehensive cybersecurity curriculum that addresses the challenge of educating and providing hands-on training to students of broad academic backgrounds;* courses with innovative modules and lesson plans based on lab exercises, warfare, and cyber-threat scenarios that can seamlessly integrate security education content throughout different parts of existing information technology curricula;* detailed instructional manuals to accompany each course module; and* enhancement of faculty expertise in cybersecurity at the partnering institutions.Course materials are being created, piloted, and evaluated at the three institutions, and are being made available to a wider audience via the Web. The investigators are also using connections with other regional colleges and leveraging other initiatives at Kansas State -- e.g., Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), GK-12 STEM Fellows, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), and Girls Researching Our World (GROW) -- to extend the reach of the curriculum.