SFS Scholarships in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

为了增加国家网络安全劳动力的数量和多样性，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校 (UIC) 的 CyberCorps®：服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划为大约 15 名计算机科学本科生 (B.S.) 和 5 名研究生 (M.S.) 计算机科学专业的学生提供教育、培训和财务支持。基于 UIC 计算机科学系的优势，这笔赠款采用多方面的方法来培训未来的网络安全劳动力： 提供网络安全和信息方面的集中课程保证；通过其课程和教师、电子安全和隐私跨学科 IGERT 项目以及电子安全技术研究和教学中心，让学生接触到最先进的研究；让学生参与实践实验；通过参加 OPM 组织的招聘会、竞赛和暑期班，将他们与更广泛的学生、专业人士和政府机构联系起来。政府和私营部门的网络安全事件数量不断增加。预防、检测和应对国家基础设施威胁的信息保障能力是全面国家安全战略的一部分。高等教育在这一战略中发挥着关键作用，涉及培训信息保障方面的高技能专业人员。 UIC 的 SFS 奖学金计划通过扩大政府网络安全人员的人才库来发挥这一作用。基于 CS 部门在高等教育中招募和增加女性和代表性不足的少数族裔人数方面取得的成功，该计划提高了她们对高等教育的参与度和网络安全劳动力的多样性。

With the goal of increasing the number and diversity of the Nation's cybersecurity workforce , the CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) provides education, training, and financial support for approximately fifteen undergraduate (B.S.) and five graduate (M.S.) Computer Science students.Building upon the strengths of the CS Department at UIC, this grant employs a multifaceted approach to training the future cybersecurity workforce by: providing a concentration of classes in cybersecurity and information assurance; exposing students to state of the art research through its curriculum and faculty, the interdisciplinary IGERT program in Electronic Security and Privacy, and the Center for Research and Instruction in Technologies for Electronic Security; engaging students in hands-on experiments; and connecting them with the wider community of students, professionals, and government agencies through participation in job fairs organized by OPM, competitions, and summer classes.The number of cybersecurity incidents has constantly increased both in government and private sectors. Information assurance capabilities that prevent, detect, and react to threats on national infrastructure are part of a comprehensive national security strategy. Higher education has a pivotal role in this strategy that involves training highly skilled professionals in information assurance. The SFS scholarship program at UIC addresses this role by broadening the pool of talented professionals available to the government cybersecurity workforce. Building upon the CS Department's successes in recruiting and increasing the number of women and underrepresented minorities in higher education, this program increases their participation in higher education and the diversity of the cybersecurity workforce.