Capacity Building for Information Assurance and Cyber Security

这一能力建设项目旨在促进网络安全方面的高质量教育和研究。南阿拉巴马大学(美国)被美国国家安全局指定为信息保障(IA)教育学术卓越中心，是CyberCorps®：服务奖学金(SFS)计划的积极参与者。美国目前提供全方位的研究生和本科生网络安全课程。该项目旨在增加对网络安全教育感兴趣的学生数量，为进一步进行网络安全研究提供关键资源，并增加教职员工和学生的专业知识。该项目正在通过校园内的地方讨论会和研究小组以及两个区域讲习班提供更广泛的影响和传播，该讲习班汇集了多达10个当地社区和大专的教师，促进了整个区域网络安全重点的发展。NSF的CyberCorps®SFS计划为解决网络安全教育和劳动力发展的项目提供资金。奖学金项目提供资金，为网络安全专业的学生提供奖学金。作为奖学金的回报，获奖者毕业后将在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织中与网络安全有关的职位工作一段相当于奖学金期限的时间。能力轨道寻求创新建议，以提高美国高等教育企业培养网络安全专业人员的能力。该项目将通过三项关键活动扩展当前的网络安全计划：1)开发一个虚拟实验室设施，支持10门网络安全课程的动手网络安全课程开发，并将为10名进行网络安全研究的教师提供计算资源；2)为教师实施一项专业发展计划，以保持对网络安全研究进展的了解；以及3)赞助K-12 STEM实地考察和夏令营，将当地合作学校的高三和高年级学生带到美国校园进行以网络安全为重点的实地考察。

This capacity building project seeks to foster high quality education and research in Cybersecurity. The University of South Alabama (USA) has been designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance (IA) Education by the National Security Agency and is an active participants in the CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. USA currently offers a full range of Cybersecurity courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. This project aims to increase the number of students interested in pursuing cybersecurity education, to provide key resource to further ongoing Cybersecurity research, and to increase the expertise of faculty and students. The project is providing broader impact and dissemination through local colloquia and research groups on campus and through two regional workshops that brings faculty from up to ten local community and junior colleges, fostering development of Cybersecurity focus throughout the region. The NSF's CyberCorps® SFS program funds projects that address cybersecurity education and workforce development. The Scholarship Track provides funding to award scholarships to students in cybersecurity. In return for their scholarships, recipients will work after graduation for a Federal, State, Local, or Tribal Government organization in a position related to cybersecurity for a period equal to the length of the scholarship. The Capacity Track seeks innovative proposals leading to an increase in the ability of the United States higher education enterprise to produce cybersecurity professionals. The project will expand the current cybersecurity program by three key activities: 1) developing a virtual lab facility that supports hands-on Cybersecurity curriculum development for ten cybersecurity courses and will provide computational resources for ten faculty conducting Cybersecurity research; 2) implementing a professional development program for faculty to remain current in Cybersecurity research advancements; and 3) sponsoring K-12 STEM field trips and summer camps that brings high school junior and seniors from local partner schools to the USA campus for cybersecurity focused field trips.