SFS: An Information and Systems Assurance Scholarship Program

亚利桑那州立大学Ira a . Fulton工程学院通过联邦网络服务：服务奖学金（SFS）计划，为信息保障（IA）专业的三批本科生和研究生提供支持。亚利桑那州立大学开发了一个强大的网络安全课程，其中包括10门计算机科学与工程（CSE）的IA课程，以及另外6门其他学科的课程，包括电气工程、工业工程、数学和亚利桑那州立大学商学院的信息系统。亚利桑那州立大学信息安全研究中心被美国国家安全局和国土安全部指定为国家信息安全教育（CAEIAE）和研究（CAE-R）学术卓越中心。其主要的教育和研究项目侧重于可靠的信息系统和存储、处理或传输的信息质量。该项目的主要优势包括：(a)为SFS学生提供有效的指导和支持，使他们成功地找到联邦工作。(b)除了强调理论和实践的严格学术课程外，所有SFS学生都参加IA研究，作为他们的顶点项目，论文或学位论文的一部分。(c)该计划通过参与社区服务、学生组织、合作项目、IA工作坊和IA研讨会，提高SFS奖学金获得者的领导能力、协作和沟通能力。(d)学生通过ISU最先进的IA教学实验室、基于云的虚拟化IA实验室和IA研究设施获得各种IA领域的实践经验。该项目通过提供在信息保障方面受过培训的高素质信息技术和工程专业人员，对联邦劳动力的信息保障和计算机安全能力产生了直接影响。为了帮助增加联邦劳动力中IA专业人员的多样性，该奖学金计划特别强调招募和毕业优秀女学生和其他代表性不足的群体的成员。

Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University is supporting three cohorts of undergraduate and graduate students in Information Assurance (IA) via a Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. Arizona State University has developed a strong cybersecurity curriculum with ten IA courses in computer science and engineering (CSE) and an additional six courses in other disciplines, including electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mathematics, and information systems in ASU's Business School. ASU's IA Research Center has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in both Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) and Research (CAE-R) by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. Its main educational and research programs focus on trustworthy information systems and the quality of information being stored, processed or transmitted. The main strengths of this project include: (a) SFS students are provided with effective mentoring and support to successfully place them in Federal jobs. (b) In addition to a rigorous academic program emphasizing both theory and practice, all SFS students participate in IA research as part of their capstone projects, theses or dissertations. (c) The program promotes leadership, collaboration and communication skills of SFS scholarship recipients through their participation in community service, student organizations, collaborative projects, IA workshops and IA seminars. (d) Students gain hands-on experiences with various IA areas through ISU's state-of-the-art IA Instructional Laboratory, cloud-based virtualized IA laboratory, and IA research facilities.The project is having an immediate impact on the Information Assurance and Computer Security capabilities of the federal workforce by providing highly qualified information technology and engineering professionals trained in information assurance. In order to help increase the diversity of IA professionals in the Federal workforce, this scholarship program is placing special emphasis on recruiting and graduating outstanding female students and members of other underrepresented groups.