CICI: Regional: SAC-PA: Towards Security Assured Cyberinfrastructure in Pennsylvania

CICI：区域：SAC-PA：迈向宾夕法尼亚州安全可靠的网络基础设施

• 批准号: 1642117
• 负责人: James Joshi
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1642117&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CICI; Regional; SAC; PA; Towards

Cybersecurity is a growing concern for individuals, communities, nations and the world. The increasing numbers of cyber attacks make cybersecurity a critical national security concern. Information technology provides tremendous opportunities to accelerate data-driven scientific research and education. Increasing cybersecurity problems can adversely impact scientific research and its economic and social benefits if the cyberinfrastructure that supports scientific research and education is not well protected. Beyond the implementation of innovative cybersecurity solutions, it is critical to establish structured and effective practices and better collaboration among various stakeholders to share cybersecurity resources, expertise and information. This project focuses on establishing a regional collaboration and partnership within the state of Pennsylvania, referred to as SAC-PA. SAC-PA provides critical support to smaller academic institutions, including resource constrained regional institutions that serve under-represented populations as well as high school teachers and students. It establishes a collaboration and partnership framework to enable concerted activities promoting the use of effective cybersecurity techniques and practices inherent in security-assured cyberinfrastructure. While enhancing the cybersecurity posture of Pennsylvania, SAC-PA provides a regional cybersecurity collaboration and partnership model that can be adopted by other regions, or be extended to national-level collaborations. The SAC-PA project includes participation from both the public and private sectors and academic institutions in PA. The following key activities are planned: (i) developing and delivering three regional workshops in Pittsburgh to bring together regional stakeholders from scientific research communities along with cyberinfrastructure or cybersecurity resources to better understand the regional capabilities; explore existing and emerging cybersecurity challenges/solutions; and devise collaboration and partnerships to enable concerted cybersecurity activities to promote the use of effective cybersecurity techniques and practices; (ii) collaboratively developing training/awareness materials based on the needs and capabilities identified in the workshops, and sharing these extensively with regional partners and beyond through various channels; and (iii) establishing regional partnerships and a shared repository of cybersecurity resources/capabilities to facilitate collaborative and concerted efforts towards protecting scientific cyberinfrastructure. The project leverages capabilities of LERSAIS, an NSA/DHS designated Center of Academic Excellence and Research (CAE/CAE-R), University of Pittsburgh faculty members, University of Pittsburgh?s Computing Services and Systems Department, local partners with an excellent track record of collaboration in cybersecurity capacity building, education and research projects, and the established NSF CyberCorp program at the University of Pittsburgh.

网络安全是个人、社区、国家和世界日益关注的问题。越来越多的网络攻击使网络安全成为一个重要的国家安全问题。信息技术为加速数据驱动的科学研究和教育提供了巨大的机会。如果支持科学研究和教育的网络基础设施得不到很好的保护，日益严重的网络安全问题可能对科学研究及其经济和社会效益产生不利影响。除了实施创新的网络安全解决方案外，还必须建立结构化和有效的做法，并加强各利益攸关方之间的合作，以分享网络安全资源、专业知识和信息。该项目的重点是在宾夕法尼亚州内建立区域合作和伙伴关系，称为SAC-PA。SAC-PA为较小的学术机构提供关键支持，包括资源有限的区域机构，为代表性不足的人口以及高中教师和学生提供服务。它建立了一个协作和伙伴关系框架，以便开展协调一致的活动，促进使用有安全保障的网络基础设施所固有的有效网络安全技术和做法。在加强宾夕法尼亚州网络安全态势的同时，SAC-PA提供了一种区域网络安全合作和伙伴关系模式，可供其他地区采用，或扩展到国家级合作。该项目包括巴勒斯坦权力机构的公共和私营部门以及学术机构的参与。计划开展以下主要活动：㈠在匹兹堡举办三次区域讲习班，使来自科学研究界的区域利益攸关方沿着一起利用网络基础设施或网络安全资源，更好地了解区域能力;探讨现有和新出现的网络安全挑战/解决办法;并设计协作和伙伴关系，以使协调一致的网络安全活动能够促进使用有效的网络安全技术和做法;（ii）根据讲习班确定的需求和能力，合作编写培训/提高认识材料，并通过各种渠道与区域合作伙伴和其他伙伴广泛分享这些材料;（iii）建立区域伙伴关系和共享网络安全资源/能力库，以促进为保护科学网络基础设施而开展的协作和协调努力。该项目利用LERSAIS的能力，一个国家安全局/国土安全部指定的学术卓越和研究中心（CAE/CAE-R），匹兹堡大学的教职员工，匹兹堡大学？该公司的计算服务和系统部门，当地合作伙伴在网络安全能力建设，教育和研究项目方面有着良好的合作记录，并在匹兹堡大学建立了NSF CyberCorp计划。