Capacity Building in Cybersecurity

网络安全能力建设

• 批准号: 1241624
• 负责人: Corrinne Sande
• 金额: $ 49.98万
• 依托单位: Whatcom Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1241624&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Capacity; Building; Cybersecurity

This project is a collaborative effort involving Whatcom Community College, Western Washington University, and the University of Washington. The investigators are taking a comprehensive approach to growing an educated and skilled workforce in a field critical to the U.S. economy and national security. The approach includes the development of new information assurance/cybersecurity degree pathways that are replicable statewide, coupled with outreach to recruit students (including underserved populations) into the pathways. Forty faculty are participating in the project over a three-year period, and the project is likely to reach over 500 students during that time.Project goals and activities include:* increasing the capacity for educating information technology professionals in cybersecurity-related disciplines by creating new two-year and four-year degrees in information assurance/cybersecurity at the three partnering institutions of higher education;* increasing the number of professionals in cybersecurity-related jobs by offering opportunities for students (traditional students, nontraditional students, veterans, and career-changers) to complete new, streamlined educational pathways;* increasing interest in information assurance/cybersecurity careers and education among K-12 and college students by hosting information sessions and workshops for secondary students, and industry tours and guest speakers for college students and college mentors;* strengthening partnerships between institutions of higher education through collaboration on curriculum development and articulation agreements;* strengthening partnerships with local industry and employers by convening advisory committees, arranging student tours and internships at industry sites, and inviting industry speakers into the classroom;* developing new teaching expertise in information assurance/cybersecurity, especially in high schools; and* increasing the diversity of the cybersecurity workforce by recruiting women, veterans, Native American students, and economically disadvantaged students.

这个项目是由Whatcom社区学院、西华盛顿大学和华盛顿大学共同合作完成的。调查人员正在采取全面的方法，在这个对美国经济和国家安全至关重要的领域培养受过教育和技能的劳动力。该办法包括开发可在全州范围内复制的新的信息保障/网络安全学位课程，并开展招收学生(包括服务不足的人群)进入课程的外联活动。项目的目标和活动包括：*通过在三所合作的高等教育机构设立新的两年制和四年制信息保障/网络安全学位，提高网络安全相关学科的信息技术专业人员的教育能力；*通过为学生(传统学生、非传统学生、退伍军人和转业者)提供完成新的、简化的教育途径的机会，增加与网络安全相关的专业人员的数量；*通过为中学生举办信息保障/网络安全职业和教育研讨会，以及为大学生和大学导师举办行业旅行和嘉宾演讲者，提高他们对信息保障/网络安全职业和教育的兴趣；*通过在课程开发和衔接协议方面的合作，加强高等教育机构之间的伙伴关系；*通过召开咨询委员会，安排学生参观和在行业现场实习，并邀请行业演讲者进入课堂，加强与当地行业和雇主的伙伴关系；*发展信息保障/网络安全方面的新教学专门知识，特别是在高中；以及*通过招收女性、退伍军人、美国原住民学生和经济困难的学生来增加网络安全劳动力的多样性。