Revamping a Traditional Computer Science Program to Meet Modern-day Cybersecurity Education Challenges

国家越来越需要加强网络安全教育工作，以便劳动力准备好抵御当前和未来的网络威胁。学院和大学需要越来越多地培养全面的计算专业人员，他们能够意识到并能够减轻网络威胁。休斯顿大学-清澈的湖水（UHCL）项目的目标是开发一种可行的方法来改造传统的计算机科学学位课程。拟议工作的更广泛影响包括：i）一种经过测试的方法，用于使国家传统的计算机科学学位课程现代化，以纳入网络威胁意识和网络安全知识和技能; ii）网络安全的教师和课程开发; iii）更新实验室和课程材料，供其他小型学院和大学在改造网络安全课程时采用; iv）扩大企业与行业的合作; v）为学生在一个西班牙裔服务机构，如UHCL追求网络安全的职业生涯的机会增加.该项目将建立与网络安全和教育专业人士的合作，以维持有效的开发和课程模块的评估，课程，和学位课程.此外，它还将调查NSF资助的项目和其他资源，以创建可用课程材料，动手实验室和学位课程信息的库存，以支持网络防御教育。此外，该项目将制定一项计划，通过让教育工作者参与各种计划，将网络安全教育有效地整合到现有计划中，并分析计划变更对现有计划认证的潜在影响。该方法将寻求让本科生和研究生参与拟议项目的各个方面。因此，该项目将产生一种严格和可采用的方法，使传统的计算机程序现代化，以满足国家对教育更多有能力的网络安全专业人员的需求。

There is a growing national need for strengthening cybersecurity education efforts so that the workforce is ready to defend against current and future cyber threats. Colleges and universities need to increasingly produce well-rounded computing professionals that are aware and capable of mitigating cyber threats. The goal of the project from the University of Houston - Clear Lake (UHCL), is to develop a feasible approach to revamp traditional computer science degree programs. The broader impact of the proposed work includes: i) a tested approach for modernizing the nation's traditional computer science degree programs to incorporate cyber threats awareness and cybersecurity knowledge and skills; ii) faculty and curricular development in cybersecurity; iii) updated labs and course materials for other small colleges and universities to adopt when revamping cybersecurity programs; iv) expanded academia-industry collaboration; v) increased opportunities for students in a Hispanic-serving institutions such as UHCL to pursue professional careers in cybersecurity.The project will establish collaboration with cybersecurity and educational professionals to sustain effective development and evaluation of course modules, courses, and degree programs. In addition, it will investigate NSF-funded programs and other resources to create an inventory of available course materials, hands-on labs, and degree program information to support Cyber Defense education. Further, the project will devise a plan to effectively integrate cybersecurity education into the existing programs by engaging educators in a variety of programs, and analyze the potential impact of the planned changes on existing program accreditations. The approach will seek to engage undergraduate and graduate students in various aspects of the proposed project. As a result, this project will produce a rigorous and adoptable approach of modernizing a traditional computer program to meet the nation's need for educating more capable cybersecurity professionals.