CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service to Create Community Cyber Security Champions (CCSC) and a Collaborative Learning Environment

Cyber​​Corps：创建社区网络安全冠军 (CCSC) 和协作学习环境的服务奖学金

• 批准号: 1503875
• 负责人: Adel Ali
• 金额: $ 278.56万
• 依托单位: St. Cloud State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1503875&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Create; Community

This project seeks to establish a new CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at St. Cloud State University (SCSU) to prepare highly-qualified Cybersecurity professionals for entry into the federal, state, local, and tribal government workforce.St. Cloud State University (SCSU) has an undergraduate program in Information Technology Security (ITS) and a Master's of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA), both of which are undergoing strong growth. The proposed CyberCorps®: SFS program will create Community Cyber Security Champions (CCSC) and a Collaborative Learning Environment. St. Cloud State University has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education since 2009. ITS and MSIA students have solid theoretical foundation, along with experiential learning opportunities throughout the curriculum. They have participated in the Collegiate Cyber Defense competition since 2007, won the state competition twice, and the Midwest Regional competition once. In addition, they also won the national Open Web Application Security project - Application Security competition in 2011. The proposed project has a strong management plan, including student selection, mentoring, and assessment. CyberCorps students will form a team of cybersecurity champions leading an effort to educate the broader public.The main goal of the project is to attract, retain and graduate high quality students with knowledge and skills necessary to join government cybersecurity workforce. Another goal of the project is to attract female students by exposing them to cybersecurity aspects that have direct social impact. It will be accomplished by implementing community service component, where scholarship recipients will educate the broader community. This social part of the project may attract more female students and will benefit the community as a whole. The student clubs will regularly organize community events to educate the public on cyber threats and how to mitigate them. The project involves two Minnesota Community Colleges: Century College in St. Paul and Lake Superior College in Duluth. The project will also recruit from Lincoln University in Missouri, an HBCU, and other minority serving institutions. Scholarship recipients will form collaborative study groups involving students from SCSU and the two Community Colleges to share knowledge and experience with cyber defense practice.

该项目旨在建立一个新的CyberCorps®：圣克劳德州立大学（SCSU）的服务奖学金（SFS）计划，旨在为进入联邦，州，地方和部落政府劳动力准备高素质的网络安全专业人员。圣克劳德州立大学（SCSU）设有信息技术安全（ITS）本科课程和信息保障科学硕士（MSIA），两者都在强劲增长。拟议的CyberCorps®：SFS计划将创建社区网络安全冠军（CCSC）和协作学习环境。圣克劳德州立大学自2009年以来一直被指定为信息保障教育学术卓越的国家中心。ITS和MSIA学生有坚实的理论基础，沿着整个课程的体验式学习机会。自2007年以来，他们参加了大学网络防御竞赛，两次赢得州际竞赛，一次赢得中西部地区竞赛。此外，他们还赢得了2011年国家开放Web应用安全项目-应用安全竞赛。拟议的项目有一个强大的管理计划，包括学生的选择，指导和评估。CyberCorps的学生将组成一个网络安全冠军团队，领导教育更广泛的公众。该项目的主要目标是吸引，留住和毕业的高素质学生，他们拥有加入政府网络安全工作队伍所需的知识和技能。该项目的另一个目标是吸引女学生，让她们了解具有直接社会影响的网络安全方面。它将通过实施社区服务部分来实现，奖学金获得者将教育更广泛的社区。该项目的这一社会部分可能会吸引更多的女学生，并将使整个社区受益。学生俱乐部将定期组织社区活动，教育公众了解网络威胁以及如何减轻这些威胁。该项目涉及明尼苏达州的两所社区学院：圣保罗的世纪学院和杜卢斯的上级湖学院。该项目还将从密苏里州的林肯大学、HBCU和其他少数民族服务机构招募学生。奖学金获得者将组成由SCSU和两所社区学院的学生组成的合作学习小组，分享网络防御实践的知识和经验。