Capacity Building for Information Assurance and Cyber Security

该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。南亚拉巴马大学（美国）已被国家安全局指定为信息保障（IA）教育学术卓越中心，并且是CyberCorps®的积极参与者：服务奖学金（SFS）计划。美国目前在研究生和本科阶段提供全方位的网络安全课程。该项目旨在增加有兴趣从事网络安全教育的学生人数，为进一步进行网络安全研究提供关键资源，并提高教师和学生的专业知识。该项目通过校园内的当地座谈会和研究小组以及两个区域研讨会提供更广泛的影响和传播，这些研讨会将来自多达10个当地社区和初级学院的教师带到了该地区，促进了整个地区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。奖学金轨道提供资金，以授予奖学金的学生在网络安全。作为奖学金的回报，获奖者将在毕业后为联邦，州，地方或部落政府组织工作，从事与网络安全相关的职位，时间与奖学金的长度相等。能力轨道寻求创新的建议，导致美国高等教育企业生产网络安全专业人员的能力的增加。该项目将通过三个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，支持十个网络安全课程的动手网络安全课程开发，并将为十名教师进行网络安全研究提供计算资源; 2）为教师实施专业发展计划，以保持网络安全研究的最新进展;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中生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.