Capacity Building: Development and Dissemination of the Drexel University Cybersecurity Program

德雷克塞尔大学新的跨学科网络安全硕士学位课程正在培养一批新的工程师和科学家，他们经过培训，能够发起和参与多学科和基于团队的研究项目。该计划正在开发一个新的跨学科的网络安全课程，利用德雷克塞尔的国家安全局（NSA）的信息保障教育学术卓越中心沿着与工程学院，专业研究古德温学院，和信息科学与技术学院的教师专业知识。该计划不仅通过新课程的开发，而且还通过少数民族学生的招募，合作教育的整合，学生和教师的继续教育以及研究和教学的整合来定义。该计划解决了NSA确定的劳动力驱动的需求，以增加具有深厚技术网络技能的毕业生数量。学生团队参与创新的基于轮换的研究计划，灵感来自医学院的轮换，在多个子学科的研究项目上工作，跨越传统的学院/部门障碍和传统的研究小组。该计划的学生还参加与网络安全相关的合作机会和社区服务项目。合作社计划和社区服务项目都利用了德雷克塞尔正在进行的活动。德雷克塞尔大学是大费城地区路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟的一部分。该项目利用这些联系来帮助学生招募和传播网络安全相关的教学材料。

The new interdisciplinary Master of Science in Cybersecurity degree program at Drexel University is educating a new breed of engineers and scientists trained to initiate and participate in multi-disciplinary and team-based research projects. The program is developing a new interdisciplinary cybersecurity curriculum, leveraging Drexel's National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education along with faculty expertise from the Drexel College of Engineering, Goodwin College of Professional Studies, and the College of Information Sciences and Technology. The program is defined not only by the development of new courses, but also by minority student recruitment, integration of cooperative education, continuing education for both students and faculty, and the integration of research and teaching. The program addresses workforce driven needs as identified by the NSA to increase the number of graduates with deep technical cyber-skills. Teams of students participate in the innovative rotation-based research program, inspired by rotations in medical school, working on research projects in multiple sub-disciplines, cutting across conventional college/departmental barriers and traditional research groups. Students in the program also participate in Cybersecurity-related co-op opportunities and community service projects. Both the co-op program and the community service projects leverage on-going activities at Drexel. Drexel University serves as the lead institution of a consortium of universities as part of the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. The project uses these connections to help with student recruitment and dissemination of Cybersecurity-related teaching materials.