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

北德克萨斯大学(UNT)正在为CyberCorps®：服务奖学金(SFS)计划的三个群体提供支持，这些学生是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挑选出来的。北卡罗来纳大学的博士课程培养学生在解决安全漏洞时同时考虑技术和社会问题。UNT的项目是一个介于工程学院、商业学院和信息学院之间的跨学科项目。北大信息和计算机安全中心被国家安全局和国土安全部指定为国家信息保障教育(CAE-IAE)和研究(CAE-R)学术卓越中心。UNT的四年制博士课程正在培养学生：1)开发和应用来自多个学科的理论模型，以预测和解决电子商务、医疗保健和电信等公共部门面临的安全威胁；2)使用来自新兴技术的数据，如智能手机、社交网络(如Facebook、Twitter)、嵌入式传感器和下一代互联网功能，进行高级数据分析和漏洞可视化；以及3)开发、解释和管理与IA相关的地方、州和联邦安全标准、政策和法律。所有学生都在由三所学院的教职员工组成的博士委员会的帮助下进行研究并撰写论文。每学期有一个评估委员会对SFS项目进行评估。信息学院的学生群体中有75%以上是女性，SFS方案利用大量的本科生来增加IA的少数民族和女性博士的数量。北卡罗来纳大学的SFS计划也在推动一项计划，即招聘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.