Establishing Scholarship for Service Program at University of Hawaii at Manoa

该项目旨在在夏威夷大学马诺阿分校（UHM）建立一个新的CyberCorps®：服务奖学金（SFS）项目，为24名高素质的网络安全专业人员进入联邦、州、地方或部落政府工作岗位做好准备。该项目将以区域为重点，寻求从当地生态系统中吸引学生，并将他们安置在当地工作岗位上，并将建立在UHM现有的强大网络安全研究和教育项目的基础上。目前，夏威夷州没有SFS计划，该州有大量政府和军事机构，严重缺乏网络安全专业人员。该计划将为该州的学生提供多种职业道路。SFS团队将与所有10个UH校区，当地社区学院和K-12机构合作。UHM的教职员工将继续与夏威夷国家安全局（NSA）、美国海岸警卫队、夏威夷国民警卫队和美国太平洋司令部（PACOM）共同努力，通过诸如UH网络安全教育峰会、NSA夏威夷教育展和夏威夷GenCyber训练营等活动。该团队将与夏威夷土著科学与工程指导计划（NHSEMP）和女性工程师协会（SWE）合作，招募少数民族和女性学生。该项目将建立一个SFS社区，强调在UHM的整个学术经历中提供个人指导，包括职业发展、研究建议以及就业安排。新设的情况室，让学生与教师和其他学生团体互动，并组织各种学习活动。该计划将提供个人指导；让学生参与与政府及业界合作的保安研究，以获得实际经验；提供个性化学习计划；促进实习机会；并帮助学生制定职业规划。适应性安全和经济实验室在各种网络安全研究和教育活动中将团队联系在一起。该中心和该大学被指定为国土安全部/国家安全局网络防御研究学术卓越中心。UHM是一所研究型大学，支持许多关键主题的高级安全研究，包括：密码学，网络安全，隐私，大数据安全，物联网安全，移动和无线安全，智能电网安全，云安全，计算机软件和网络安全以及硬件安全。UHM在本科和研究生阶段都有全面的网络安全课程，包括14门网络安全课程和两个以安全科学为重点的学士学位课程。学生们参加了国家级和州级的网络安全活动，包括大学生网络防御竞赛（CCDC）、国家海上网络安全演习、年度Pooihe网络防御演习、GenCyber和网络爱国者。该团队与夏威夷国家安全局、美国海岸警卫队、夏威夷国民警卫队和太平洋司令部等政府机构有长期合作关系。该团队将建立一个专用的管理框架和相关的工具来支持项目评估。

This project seeks to establish a new CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) to prepare 24 highly-qualified cybersecurity professionals for entry into the federal, state, local, or tribal government workforce. The program will be regionally focused, seeking to draw students from the local ecosystem and place them in local jobs, and will be built on an existing, strong cybersecurity research and educational program at UHM. Currently, there is no SFS program in the state of Hawaii, a state with a large presence of government and military agencies, and a severe shortage of cybersecurity professionals. The proposed program will provide multiple career paths for students within the state. The SFS team will collaborate with all 10 UH campuses, local community colleges, and K-12 institutions. UHM faculty will continue joint efforts with the National Security Agency (NSA) Hawaii, the US Coast Guard, the Hawaii National Guard, and the US Pacific Command (PACOM) through activities such as the UH Cyber Security Education Summit, NSA Hawaii Education Fairs, and Hawaii GenCyber Camps. The team will work with the Native Hawaiian Science and Engineering Mentorship Program (NHSEMP) and Society of Women Engineers (SWE) to recruit minority and women students. The project will develop an SFS community that emphasizes individual mentorship across the entire academic experience at UHM, including career development, research advising, as well as the job placement. The SFS Situation Room will be set up for SFS scholars to stimulate interaction with faculty and other student groups, and to organize various learning activities. The proposed program will offer individual mentorship; involve students in security research in collaboration with government and industry to gain practical experience; provide customized study plans; facilitate internship opportunities; and help develop students' career plans.The Adaptive Security and Economics Laboratory serves to bond the team together in various cybersecurity research and educational activities. The center and the university are designated as a DHS/NSA Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research. UHM is a Research I University and supports advanced security research on many critical topics including: cryptography, network security, privacy, big data security, IoT security, mobile and wireless security, smart grid security, cloud security, computer software and web security, and hardware security. UHM has a comprehensive cybersecurity curriculum at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including 14 cybersecurity courses and two bachelor's degree programs with a Security Science Focus. The students have been participating in national and state level cybersecurity activities, including the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), National Maritime Cybersecurity Exercise, Annual Pooihe Cyber Defense exercise, GenCyber, and Cyber Patriot. The team has long term collaborations with government agencies such as NSA Hawaii, US Coast Guard, Hawaii National Guard and PACOM. The team will build a dedicated management framework with associated tools to support project evaluation.