CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service at Towson University

Cyber​​Corps：陶森大学服务奖学金

• 批准号: 1663184
• 负责人: Joshua Dehlinger
• 金额: $ 397.24万
• 依托单位: Towson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-15 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1663184&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Towson; University

Towson University (TU), one of the sixteen National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, proposes to continue and expand its participation in the CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to prepare highly-qualified cybersecurity professionals for entry into the government workforce. The project will provide scholarships to a diverse student population and increase cybersecurity awareness among all students by offering immersive experiential cybersecurity activities outside the classroom. To date, the SFS program at TU has provided scholarships to twenty-six students with a 100% success rate with internship and postgraduate placement of the SFS students. The project will have an immediate impact on the information assurance and forensics capabilities of the Federal workforce by developing cybersecurity professionals with strong technical skills. It will also establish and assess a pathway in cybersecurity education with the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) to support community college students through early mentoring and advising. This collaboration provides an opportunity for recruiting students from populations traditionally underrepresented in computing. The project will develop out-of-classroom cybersecurity opportunities to generate interest among broader student populations in the cybersecurity field. SFS students are enrolled in an undergraduate Computer Science degree with a specialized Security Track which is accredited by ABET. In addition to the theoretical and mathematical foundation, students take courses in programming, cryptography, network security, software security, reverse engineering and malware analysis. In a capstone course, Case Studies in Computer Security, students are divided into teams to build progressively more sophisticated business networks. During live fire exercises, each team attempts to defend their network while trying to attack the networks of other teams.

陶森大学（TU）是16个国家网络作战学术卓越中心之一，提议继续并扩大其参与网络军团(R)服务奖学金（SFS）计划，为进入政府工作队伍准备高素质的网络安全专业人员。该项目将为多样化的学生群体提供奖学金，并通过在课堂外提供身临其境的体验式网络安全活动，提高所有学生的网络安全意识。迄今为止，东南工业大学大学生奖学金项目已为26名学生提供了奖学金，学生的实习和研究生安置成功率为100%。该项目将通过培养具有强大技术技能的网络安全专业人员，对联邦劳动力的信息保障和取证能力产生直接影响。它还将与巴尔的摩县社区学院（CCBC）建立和评估网络安全教育途径，通过早期指导和建议为社区大学生提供支持。这种合作为从传统上在计算机领域代表性不足的人群中招募学生提供了机会。该项目将开发课外网络安全机会，以引起更广泛的学生群体对网络安全领域的兴趣。SFS的学生在ABET认证的专业安全轨道上注册计算机科学本科学位。除了理论和数学基础，学生还学习编程、密码学、网络安全、软件安全、逆向工程和恶意软件分析等课程。在“计算机安全案例研究”这门顶级课程中，学生们被分成小组，逐步构建更复杂的商业网络。在实弹射击演习中，每队都试图保护自己的网络，同时试图攻击其他队的网络。