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、实施和评估从网络人才到网络劳动力的创新途径。它包括一种独特的公私合作伙伴关系，利用社区学院的灵活性和SANS研究所的课程材料，开发一种可扩展的、竞争驱动的、实践的教育模式，这种模式有可能帮助解决美国网络安全劳动力的严重短缺问题。该项目设计了度量标准，以识别具有适当资质的个人，并使他们接触到重要的、深入的、动手的学习模式，重点是保护计算机系统和网络。该项目采用多阶段竞争模式，在每个阶段，学生通过竞争来展示他们的能力，并进入下一阶段的项目。成功完成项目所有部分并证明自己掌握的学生有机会申请实习职位，在那里他们可以在现实世界的项目中与实践安全专业人员一起磨练他们的技能。提出的以竞赛和实习为基础的网络安全技术人才培养模式，具有在全国1200所社区学院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.