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

密西西比州立大学(MSU)是16个国家网络运营学术卓越中心之一，该大学建议继续并扩大其对CyberCorps(R)服务奖学金(SFS)计划的参与，为进入政府工作队伍培养高素质的网络安全专业人员。该项目将支持东密西西比社区学院(EMCC)的社区大学生，在他们转到密西西比州立大学之前，通过早期的辅导和建议活动来支持他们。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障和取证能力产生立竿见影的影响。密歇根州立大学继续与几所大学、两年制学院和执法部门保持着牢固的工作关系。他们已经与几所HBCU合作，包括杰克逊州立大学、密西西比山谷州立大学和塔斯基吉大学，以及其他学校，如南阿拉巴马大学、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的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，并帮助举办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，然后在政府机构进行暑期实习来增加女性对网络安全的参与。密歇根州立大学利用她们丰富的运营经验和项目成熟度，以每年约10名SFS学生的速度为政府毕业SFS学生。该计划将继续受益于大量的研究努力，因为每个SFS学生都被要求参与研究体验并在同行评议的媒体上发表文章。密歇根州立大学的本科生和研究生出版了70多份同行评议的出版物。来自密歇根州立大学三所学院的17名教职员工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了全面的学位要求。网络安全主题的内容在特定课程的背景下进行，例如数据库、编程或操作系统，以及实验室中的顶峰项目和发现学习。学生从计算机科学、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等几个学位课程中挑选。所有学生必须选修信息和计算机安全课程，包括侧重渗透测试技术的实验室；侧重于计算机犯罪和破解此类犯罪的证据研究的数字和计算机取证；以及侧重于网络协议漏洞的密码学和网络安全。SFS学生在计算机安全实验室、SCADA安全实验室和孤立的实验室进行练习，以便在学期末完成密集的、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.