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理学硕士学位项目正在培养新一代的工程师和科学家，他们接受过发起和参与多学科和基于团队的研究项目的培训。该项目正在开发一门新的跨学科网络安全课程，利用德雷克塞尔国家安全局(NSA)信息保障教育学术卓越中心以及德雷克塞尔工程学院、古德温专业研究学院和信息科学与技术学院的教师专业知识。该计划不仅以新课程的开发为标准，还以少数族裔学生招生、合作教育一体化、学生和教职员工继续教育以及研究和教学一体化为标准。该计划满足了美国国家安全局确定的劳动力驱动的需求，以增加拥有深厚网络技术技能的毕业生数量。学生团队参与创新的基于轮换的研究计划，受医学院轮换的启发，从事多个子学科的研究项目，跨越传统的学院/系障碍和传统的研究小组。该项目的学生还参与了与网络安全相关的合作机会和社区服务项目。合作社项目和社区服务项目都利用了Drexel正在进行的活动。德雷克塞尔大学是一个大学联盟的牵头机构，该联盟是大费城地区路易斯·斯托克斯少数人参与联盟的一部分。该项目利用这些联系来帮助招收学生和传播与网络安全相关的教材。

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.