SFS-NEW: Advancing Learning and Leadership Through an Integrated Multidisciplinary Doctoral Program in Information Assurance

北德克萨斯大学（UNT）正在从有兴趣攻读信息保障博士学位并有兴趣在毕业后为联邦/州/地方机构服务的学生名单中选出三个小组，为CyberCorps®：服务奖学金（SFS）项目提供支持。UNT的博士课程使学生在解决安全漏洞时能够考虑技术和社会问题。UNT的项目是工程学院、商学院和信息学院的跨学科项目。我校信息与计算机安全研究中心被美国国家安全局和国土安全部认定为“国家信息安全教育与研究卓越学术中心”。UNT的四年制博士课程为学生准备：1)开发和应用多学科的理论模型，以预测和解决电子商务、医疗保健和电信等公共部门的安全威胁；2)利用智能手机、社交网络（如Facebook、Twitter）等新兴技术的数据，使用嵌入式传感器和下一代互联网功能，对漏洞进行高级数据分析和可视化；3)开发、解释和管理本地、与IA相关的州和联邦安全标准、政策和法律。所有的学生在由三个学院的教师组成的博士委员会的帮助下进行研究和写论文。每学期都有一个评估委员会对SFS项目进行评估。信息学院的学生中有75%以上是女性，而SFS项目吸引了大量的本科生，以增加少数民族和女性在信息学院的博士人数。UNT的SFS项目也在推进一项计划，招募已经在教授安全课程的社区大学教师。

University of North Texas (UNT) is supporting three cohorts for the CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program from a selected list of students who are interested in pursuing a PhD in Information Assurance and are interested in serving federal/state/local agencies after graduation. UNT's PhD Program prepares students to account for both technical and social issues when addressing security vulnerabilities. UNT's program is an interdisciplinary program between the College of Engineering, College of Business, and College of Information. The Center for Information and Computer Security at UNT has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in both Information Assurance Education (CAE-IAE) and Research (CAE-R) by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. UNT's 4-year PhD program is preparing students to: 1) Develop and apply theoretical models that draw from multiple disciplines to predict and solve security threats to public sectors such as electronic commerce, healthcare and telecommunications, 2) Conduct advanced data analysis and visualization of vulnerabilities using the data from emerging technologies such as smart phones, social networks (e.g., Facebook, Twitter), using embedded-sensors, and using the next-generation Internet capabilities, and 3) Develop, interpret, and administer local, state and federal security standards, policies and laws relevant to IA. All students conduct research and write a dissertation with the help of a doctoral committee constituted of faculty from the three colleges. Each semester an assessment committee evaluates the SFS program. The College of Information student body population is more than 75% female and the SFS program draws on the large number of undergraduates to increase the number of minority and women PhDs in IA. UNT's SFS Program is also promoting a plan to recruit community college teachers who are already teaching security courses.