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。它包括一个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，开发一个可扩展的，竞争驱动的，实践的教育模式，有可能帮助国家的网络安全劳动力严重短缺。该项目设计指标来识别具有适当能力的个人，并让他们接触重要、深入、实践的学习模型，重点是保护计算机系统和网络。该项目采用多阶段竞争为基础的模型，在每个阶段，学生竞争，以证明他们的能力，并提前到程序的下一阶段。成功完成该计划的所有组成部分并展示其掌握程度的学生有机会申请居住职位，在那里他们可以磨练自己的技能，与实践安全专业人员在现实世界的项目中合作。拟议的基于竞争和居住地的网络安全技术人才培养模式具有真实的潜力，可在全国1,200所社区学院中推广和实施。

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.