CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service - A Continuation Program at Mississippi State University

密西西比州立大学（MSU）是16个国家网络运营卓越学术中心之一，提议继续并扩大其在CyberCorps（R）服务奖学金（SFS）计划中的参与，以培养高素质的网络安全专业人员进入政府工作队伍。该项目将通过早期辅导和咨询活动，在东密西西比社区学院（EMCC）的社区学院学生转移到密歇根州立大学之前，支持他们。该项目将通过培养训练有素的网络安全专业人员，对联邦工作人员的信息保证和取证能力产生直接影响。MSU继续与几所大学，两年制学院和执法界保持着密切的工作关系。他们与几所HBCU合作，包括杰克逊州立大学、密西西比谷州立大学和塔斯基吉大学，以及其他学校，如南亚拉巴马大学、德克萨斯大学泰勒分校和圣克劳德州立大学。该项目将继续指导，以确保更多的学校建立网络安全计划。在密西西比州，SFS学生帮助进行网络安全产品评估，在中学系统内进行互联网安全讲座，并帮助GenCyber夏令营。此外，密歇根州立大学通过在大学一年级和二年级之间组织为期10周的网络安全主题研究体验，增加女性在网络安全方面的参与，然后在政府机构进行暑期实习。密歇根州立大学利用其丰富的运营经验和课程成熟度，以每年约10名SFS学生的速度为政府毕业SFS学生。该计划将继续从大量的研究工作中受益，因为每个SFS学生都需要参加研究体验并在同行评审的网点发表。超过70同行评议的出版物已由本科生和研究生SFS学生在密歇根州立大学出版。来自三个密歇根州立大学学院的17名教师隶属于四个网络安全研究中心。该项目的网络安全课程被编入整体学位要求。网络安全主题的覆盖范围是在特定课程的背景下，如数据库，编程或操作系统以及实验室中的顶点项目和发现学习。学生从多个学位课程中选择，包括计算机科学，软件工程，计算机工程，电气工程，工业和系统工程以及管理信息系统。所有学生都必须参加信息和计算机安全课程，包括重点强调渗透测试技术的实验室;数字和计算机取证专注于计算机犯罪和解决此类犯罪的证据研究;以及密码学和网络安全，重点强调网络协议漏洞。SFS学生在计算机安全实验室，SCADA安全实验室和一个孤立的实验室中练习，以完成学期末的密集，面向团队的夺旗比赛。

Mississippi State University (MSU), one of the sixteen National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, proposes to continue and expand its participation in the CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to prepare highly-qualified cybersecurity professionals for entry into the government workforce. The project will support community college students at the East Mississippi Community College (EMCC) through early mentoring and advising activities before their transfer to MSU. The project will have an immediate impact on the information assurance and forensics capabilities of the federal workforce by developing well-trained cybersecurity professionals. MSU continues a strong working relationship with several universities, two-year colleges and the law enforcement community. They have partnered with several HBCUs including Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and Tuskegee University, as well as other schools, such as the University of South Alabama, the University of Texas at Tyler, and Saint Cloud State University. This project will continue mentoring to ensure that more schools build cybersecurity programs. Within the State of Mississippi, SFS students help with cybersecurity product evaluation, give internet safety talks within secondary school systems, and help with GenCyber summer camps. In addition, MSU increases female participation in cybersecurity by organizing a 10-week Research Experience on cybersecurity topics, conducted between freshman and sophomore years of college, followed by summer internships with government agencies.MSU leverages their extensive operational experience and program maturity to graduate SFS students for the government at a rate of approximately 10 SFS students a year. The program will continue to benefit from substantial research efforts as each SFS student is required to participate in a Research Experience and to publish in peer-reviewed outlets. More than seventy peer-reviewed publications have been published by undergraduate and graduate SFS students at MSU. Seventeen faculty members from three MSU colleges are affiliated with four cybersecurity research centers. The project's cybersecurity curriculum is woven into an overall degree requirements. Coverage of cybersecurity topics is in the context of specific courses such as database, programming, or operating systems as well as a capstone projects and discovery learning in the lab. Students are selected from several degree programs including Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Management Information Systems. All students must take courses in Information and Computer Security including a lab with a strong emphasis on penetration testing techniques; Digital and Computer Forensics focusing on computer crime and the study of evidence for solving such crimes; and Cryptography and Network Security with a strong emphasis on network protocol vulnerabilities. SFS students practice in computer security laboratories, SCADA security laboratories, and in an isolated lab to complete an intensive, team-oriented capture the flag contest at the end of the semester.