Collaborative Research: SURPASS: NSF SFS Unique Scholarship Program in Hardware and Systems Security

政府和私营部门迫切需要训练有素的网络安全工作人员。为我们的本科生和研究生提供有效的网络安全教育，使用精心设计的课程，对于满足这一需求至关重要。物联网（Internet-of- things）的出现，预示着数量空前的设备都将连接到互联网，这使得对网络安全教育的需求比以往任何时候都要强烈。这一需求不仅要求加强努力，而且要求从传统的计算机和信息安全教育模式转变，传统的计算机和信息安全教育通常假设信息系统底层的硬件是安全和值得信赖的。然而，随着大量针对硬件的攻击层出不穷，这种假设正迅速变得不成立。因此，迫切需要重新设计我们的网络安全课程，使国家的STEM学生群体准备好应对未来的网络安全挑战。这个奖学金项目被称为“超越”，是佛罗里达大学（UF）和佛罗里达国际大学（FIU）两所大学之间的合作项目。这两所大学都有不同的学生群体，强大的国际公认的硬件和系统安全研究项目，以及广泛的网络安全课程，以满足这一需求。具体来说，该项目提供奖学金，鼓励佛罗里达州一些最优秀、最聪明的学生从事硬件和系统安全（HSS）方面的职业。佛罗里达大学和佛罗里达国际大学联合开展的“超越网络安全”项目，利用独特的实验室设施，对学生进行网络安全关键方面的培训，重点是在HSS中进行实际的动手学习。exceed为未来的网络安全从业者和研究人员提供全面的HSS教育和培训。exceed的主要特点如下：(1)关注硬件抽象各个层面的硬件安全和信任，从芯片到印刷电路板（pcb）再到系统；(2)将HSS教育精心整合到完整的网络安全课程中，使学生能够理解从设备到网络再到云的多层次系统安全问题；(3)广泛的实践训练，这是一个独特的功能，不仅帮助学生了解复杂系统的组成，而且激发他们探索新的攻击/防御的兴趣；(4)整合从招生到就业的持续一对一学生辅导，系统跟踪学生进度；最后，(5)培养高度多样化的学生群体，从而创造多样化的劳动力，充分利用FIU少数民族学生的大比例（81%）。

There is an urgent need for a well-trained cybersecurity workforce in the government and private sectors. An effective cybersecurity education for our undergraduate and graduate students, using a well-designed curriculum, is essential to meet this need. The emergence of the Internet-of-Things, which promises an unprecedented number of devices, all connected to the Internet, makes the demand for cybersecurity education stronger than ever. This demand calls for not just an enhanced effort, but also a paradigm shift from traditional computer and information security education, which typically assumes that the hardware underlying the information systems is secure and trustworthy. Nonetheless, with a wide array of emerging attacks on hardware, that assumption is rapidly becoming invalid. Hence, there is a critical need to re-design our cybersecurity curriculum such that the nation's STEM student population is ready to take on future cybersecurity challenges. This scholarship program, called SURPASS, is a collaborative effort between two universities, University of Florida (UF) and Florida International University (FIU). Both universities serve diverse student populations, strong internationally-recognized hardware and systems security research programs, and extensive curricular offerings in cybersecurity, with the goal of addressing this need. Specifically, this program provides scholarships to encourage some of the best and brightest students in the state of Florida to pursue careers in hardware and systems security (HSS).The SURPASS SFS program by UF and FIU uniquely involves training students on critical aspects of cybersecurity with a strong emphasis on practical hands-on learning in HSS, utilizing unique lab facilities. SURPASS prepares future cybersecurity practitioners and researchers with a holistic education and training in HSS. Key features of SURPASS are as follows: (1) a focus on hardware security and trust at all levels of hardware abstraction, from chips to printed circuit boards (PCBs) to systems; (2) a careful integration of HSS education into a complete cybersecurity curriculum to enable students to understand system security issues spanning multiple layers, from devices to networks to the cloud; (3) extensive hands-on training, a unique feature, which not only helps students understand the makeup of a complex system, but also stimulates their interest in exploring new attacks/defenses; (4) integration of continuous one-to-one student mentoring from recruitment to placement and a systematic tracking of student progress; and finally, (5) training of a highly-diverse student population leading to the creation of a diverse workforce leveraging the large percentage (81%) of minority students at FIU.