Establishment of a Mentored Cybersecurity Research Workshop for Graduate Students and Support for the Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

该项目的目标是通过为对网络安全感兴趣的研究生举办研究研讨会，促进对网络安全职业和网络安全卫生的兴趣。为鼓励参与，该项目建议为学生提供支持，以参加研讨会和相关的网络安全教育、研究和实践会议（CCERP）。拟议的研讨会将招募公认的安全研究人员作为导师，根据拟议的网络安全研究项目选择研究生。此外，该项目将通过资助本科生参加会议和举办海报会议来支持网络安全卫生的本科生研究。这些本科生将被鼓励在会议当天创作和展示海报。该基金提供的支持将提高网络安全卫生作为会议和本科生演讲主题的可见度和理解。网络安全专业人员的增加和对网络安全理解的增加将通过加强信息保护和隐私直接或间接地使社会受益。会议提出的改进将直接支持国家努力，如国家网络安全教育倡议战略计划（NICE）和白宫网络安全国家行动计划（CNAP）。会议和提议的研讨会将重点关注增加网络安全劳动力的需求，以及用于提高对开发课程以提高网络安全卫生意识的推荐实践的认识的实践，从而增加参与者的知识和理解。此外，通过将研究生与知名研究人员导师联系起来，并为他们提供参加学术会议的机会，改善研究生的研究方法，将鼓励未来网络安全教员的发展。这些活动将使参与者能够将经验教训带回自己的机构，并与同事和未来的学生分享，从而提高机构内网络安全教育和卫生的质量。会议的结果将通过会议记录的开放获取出版物进行传播。会议的最佳论文将发表在网络安全教育研究与实践杂志（JCERP）上。

The goal of this project is to facilitate increased interest in cybersecurity careers and cybersecurity hygiene through a research workshop for graduate students interested in cybersecurity. To encourage participation, the project proposes to provide support to students to attend the workshop and associated Conference on Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice (CCERP). The proposed workshop will recruit recognized security research faculty to serve as mentors to selected graduate students chosen based on proposed research projects in cybersecurity. In addition, the project will support undergraduate research in Cybersecurity Hygiene by funding stipends for undergraduate students to attend the conference and conduct poster sessions. These undergraduate students will be encouraged to create and present poster sessions during the main conference day. The support provided by this grant will improve the visibility and understanding of the topic of cybersecurity hygiene as the theme of the conference and undergraduate presentations. An increase in cybersecurity professionals and an increase in cybersecurity understanding will directly and indirectly benefit society through increased information protection and privacy. The proposed improvements to the conference will directly support national efforts like the Strategic Plan for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), and the White House Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP). The conference and proposed workshop will focus on increasing the knowledge and understanding of participants by concentrating on the need for an increased cybersecurity workforce as well as on practices used to increase awareness of recommended practices in developing curriculum for increasing awareness of cybersecurity hygiene. Also, improving the research methods of graduate students by linking them with mentors who are established researchers and offering them an exposure to an academic conference will encourage the development of future cybersecurity faculty. These activities will enable the participants to take lessons learned back to their home institution and share with colleagues and future students, improving the quality of cybersecurity education and hygiene within their institutions. The results of the conference will be disseminated through the open access publication of proceedings. Best papers of the conference will be published in the Journal of Cybersecurity Education Research and Practice (JCERP).