Capacity Building for Information Assurance and Cyber Security

该能力建设项目旨在促进高质量的网络安全教育和研究。南阿拉巴马大学（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®：服务奖学金（SFS）计划的积极参与者。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。该项目旨在增加对网络安全教育感兴趣的学生人数，为进一步进行的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，以及来自多达10个当地社区和大专院校的教师参加的两个区域研讨会，提供更广泛的影响和传播，促进整个地区对网络安全的关注。美国国家科学基金会的CyberCorps®SFS计划资助解决网络安全教育和劳动力发展的项目。奖学金项目为网络安全专业的学生提供奖学金。作为奖学金的回报，获奖者将在毕业后为联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织工作，担任与网络安全相关的职位，工作时间与奖学金的期限相同。能力跟踪计划寻求创新建议，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，为十门网络安全课程提供网络安全实践课程开发支持，并为十名从事网络安全研究的教师提供计算资源；2)实施专业发展计划，使教师保持当前的网络安全研究进展；3)赞助K-12 STEM实地考察和夏令营，将当地合作学校的高中初中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.