Building a Pipeline of Cyber Warriors Through Education and Competition Offered Through Community Colleges

布鲁克代尔社区学院(BCC)正在设计、实施和评估一条从网络人才到网络劳动力的创新路径。它包括一个独特的公私合作伙伴关系，利用社区大学的灵活性和SANS研究所的课程材料来开发一种可扩展的、受竞争驱动的动手教育模式，这种模式有可能帮助解决美国严重缺乏网络安全劳动力的问题。该项目设计了衡量标准，以确定具有适当能力的个人，并将他们暴露在重要的、深入的、动手学习模式中，重点是保卫计算机系统和网络。该项目采用基于竞争的多阶段模式，在每个阶段，学生们通过竞争来证明自己的能力，并晋级到项目的下一个阶段。成功完成该计划所有组成部分并展示其熟练程度的学生有机会申请常驻职位，在那里他们可以磨练自己的技能，与实际项目中的实践安全专业人员合作。提出的基于竞争和派驻的网络安全技术人才培养模式具有在全国1200所社区学院中大量推广和实施的真正潜力。

Brookdale Community College (BCC) is designing, implementing, and evaluating an innovative pathway from cyber talent to cyber workforce. It includes a unique public-private partnership that leverages the agility of community colleges and the course material of the SANS Institute to develop a scalable, competition-driven, hands-on education model that has a potential to help with the nation's critical shortage of cybersecurity workforce. The project designs metrics to identify individuals with the appropriate aptitude and expose them to vital, in-depth, hands-on learning model focusing on defending computer systems and networks. The project utilizes a multiphase competition-based model and, at each stage, students compete to demonstrate their competence and to advance to the next phase of the program. Students who successfully complete all components of the program and demonstrate their mastery have the opportunity to apply for residency positions where they can hone their skills working with practicing security professionals on real-world projects. The proposed competition and residency based model for developing the cybersecurity technical talent has a real potential for dissemination and implementation in a large number of the 1,200 community colleges nationwide.