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名本科生(B.S.)提供教育、培训和财政支持。和5名毕业生(M.S.)在UIC计算机科学系的优势基础上，这项资助采用了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保障方面的集中课程；通过其课程和教员、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；让学生参与动手实验；并通过参加OPM组织的招聘会、竞赛和暑期班将他们与更广泛的学生、专业人员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起着举足轻重的作用，该战略涉及培养高技能的信息保障专业人员。UIC的SFS奖学金计划通过扩大政府网络安全工作人员可用的有才华的专业人员库来解决这一角色。在CS部门成功招聘和增加高等教育中女性和代表性不足的少数族裔人数的基础上，该计划增加了她们在高等教育中的参与，并增加了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.