National CyberWatch Center

保持计算机和信息系统的安全是一项重大挑战。商业、工业和政府都需要准备充分的技术人员，他们可以预防、检测和调查网络安全漏洞，而网络威胁的增长也创造了对更多拥有适当、特定知识和技能的工人的需求。作为一个先进技术教育（ATE）中心，CyberWatch十多年来一直致力于解决这一劳动力需求。2005年，它作为ATE区域中心启动，重点关注华盛顿-巴尔的摩地区的大学和雇主；2012年，它发展成为ATE国家中心。国家网络观察中心（NCC）通过建立和验证教育和培训标准，在网络安全教育方面取得了重大的国家影响；创建一个新的年度会议，重点关注社区大学层面的网络安全教育；使用基于绩效的评估验证网络安全技能；建立与工作角色和行业认证挂钩的新网络安全课程。在下一阶段，该中心将通过开发和促进(1)旨在吸引不同人群进入网络安全教育和职业的项目和服务，扩大和加强其领导作用；(2)技能课程；(3)产业界、政府和学术界的合作；（四）教育、培训和考核标准；(5)其他资源，以增加有能力在全国范围内提供高质量网络安全课程的教师和学院的数量。一个新的重点将是研究和支持学生从两年制网络安全机构过渡到四年制机构，以增加参加和完成“网络军团：服务奖学金”（SFS）项目的社区大学学生人数。

Keeping computers and information systems secure is a major challenge. Business, industry, and government need well-prepared technicians who can prevent, detect, and investigate cybersecurity breaches, and the growth of cyber-threats has created a need for many more workers who have appropriate, specific knowledge and skills. As an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) center, CyberWatch has been addressing this workforce need for over a decade. In 2005, it was launched as an ATE regional center, with a focus on colleges and employers in the Washington-Baltimore region; and in 2012, it evolved into an ATE national center. The National CyberWatch Center (NCC) has achieved major national impact in cybersecurity education by establishing and validating education and training standards; creating a new annual conference focusing on cybersecurity education at the community college level; validating cybersecurity skills using performance-based assessments; and building new cybersecurity curricula tied to job roles and industry certifications.In its next phase, the center will expand and enhance its leadership role by developing and promoting (1) programs and services designed to attract diverse populations into cybersecurity education and careers; (2) skills-based curricula; (3) collaborations among industry, government, and academia; (4) education, training, and assessment standards; and (5) other resources that increase the number of faculty members and colleges capable of offering high-quality courses and curricula in cybersecurity across the nation. One new focus will be to study and support students' transitions from two-year to four-year institutions in cybersecurity in order to increase the number of community college students who enroll in and complete CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) programs.