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

德雷塞尔大学（Drexel University）新的跨学科网络安全硕士学位项目正在培养一批新一代的工程师和科学家，他们经过培训，可以发起和参与多学科和团队合作的研究项目。该项目正在开发一个新的跨学科网络安全课程，利用德雷塞尔大学的国家安全局（NSA）信息保障教育学术卓越中心，以及德雷塞尔工程学院、古德温专业研究学院和信息科学与技术学院的专业知识。该计划的定义不仅是新课程的开发，而且还包括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。该计划解决了美国国家安全局确定的劳动力驱动需求，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转的研究计划，受医学院轮转的启发，在多个子学科的研究项目中工作，跨越传统的学院/部门障碍和传统的研究小组。该项目的学生还参与网络安全相关的合作机会和社区服务项目。合作项目和社区服务项目都利用了德雷克塞尔大学正在进行的活动。德雷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大学联盟的牵头机构。该项目利用这些联系帮助招生和传播与网络安全有关的教材。

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.