Scholarship for Service: Education and Workforce Development of Software Engineers with the Capabilities to Build Secure Cyber-Systems

该提案将在德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校启动CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划。UTEP SFS学者计划将资助安全网络系统软件工程计划的高素质学生。 他们毕业时将能够应用纪律严明的软件开发原则和过程，这些原则和过程专注于强调安全性和安全性的可衡量属性的规范，解决这些属性的解决方案的设计，以及整个软件生命周期的验证和确认。SFS学者将完成一门课程，该课程基于国家认可的一套构建安全软件系统的建议，参加实习以利用和增强他们的网络安全知识，并通过实践活动将课程中获得的知识转化为实践，这些实践活动将现实世界的经验带入课堂和具有重要网络安全组件的实习项目。除了提供一个精心设计的学习计划，拟议的计划包括结构化的学生辅导以下国家认可的亲和集团模式，发展学生？专业、技术和沟通技巧。招聘计划包括国家，地区和当地的推广工作，以吸引申请人，并确保学生的推荐高资格的程序的选择过程。这项工作包括形成性和总结性评估，一个明确的持续质量改进计划，以评估课程和学生课外活动如何为毕业生的生产性职业做好准备，以及一个咨询委员会，根据数据建议计划改进。墨西哥裔/西班牙裔和美洲原住民科学促进协会（SACNAS）、少数民族和残疾人中心以及西班牙裔服务机构计算联盟（CAHSI）。招聘战略的目标群体是40%的女性和85%的代表性不足的少数民族。招聘，保留和学生发展的努力将影响学生超越那些谁是资助。SFS学者的经验和成功的推广，预计将吸引更多的学生谁寻求教育和培训的安全网络系统。通过该计划开发的教育和培训材料将通过CAHSI峰会和社交媒体发布并传播给CAHSI机构和其他机构。

This proposal will inaugurate a CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at the University of Texas at El Paso. The UTEP SFS Scholars program will fund highly qualified students in the Software Engineering of Secure Cyber-Systems program. They will graduate with the ability to apply disciplined software development principles and processes that focus on the specification of measurable attributes emphasizing safety and security, design of solutions that address such attributes, and verification and validation throughout the software lifecycle. SFS Scholars will complete a curriculum that is based on a nationally-recognized set of recommendations for building secure software systems, participate in an internship to utilize and enhance their cyber-security knowledge, and transfer knowledge gained from coursework into practice through hands-on activities that bring real-world experiences into the classroom and a practicum project with significant cyber-security components. In addition to providing a well-designed plan of study, the proposed program includes structured student mentoring following the nationally recognized Affinity Group model that develops students? professional, technical, and communication skills. The recruitment plan includes national, regional, and local outreach efforts to attract applicants, and a selection process that ensures recommendations of students highly qualified for the program. The effort includes formative and summative evaluation, a well-defined continuous quality improvement plan to assess how well the curriculum and student co-curricular activities prepare graduates for productive careers, and an Advisory Board that recommends program improvements based on data.The recruitment plan includes strategic involvement with Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS); Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities and the Computing Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI). The recruitment strategies aim for a cohort that is 40% female and 85% underrepresented minorities. The recruitment, retention, and student development efforts will impact students beyond those who are funded. The promotion of the experiences and successes of SFS scholars is expected to attract more students who seek education and training in secure cyber-systems. The educational and training materials developed through the program will be published and disseminated to CAHSI institutions and beyond via the CAHSI Summit and social media.