M(CP2): Minnesota Cybersecurity Pathway Curriculum Partnership for K-18

大都会州立大学（Metro State）和Advance IT Minnesota建立了一个网络安全中心，其使命是开展旨在促进正规和非正规网络安全教育进步的研究和教育活动。NSF资助的项目M（CP 2）：K-18明尼苏达网络安全途径课程合作伙伴关系将由网络安全中心的成员和合作伙伴完成。M（CP 2）的成果是一个综合课程途径，包括K-12，A.S.，学士学位，医学硕士，和证书计划。这些模块和途径将与即将推出的计算机协会2017年网络安全课程：网络安全中学后学位课程课程指南以及工程和技术认证委员会（ABET）对网络安全的认证保持一致。M（CP 2）将采用创新的公私合作伙伴关系方法，为K-12通过MS的第一个行业对齐的综合途径课程原型。通过利用跨行业，教育和公共部门的合作伙伴，拟议的工作将实施由国家标准与技术研究所-国家网络安全教育倡议（NICE）开发的公私合作网络安全教育的最佳实践，以扩大综合资源，发展和扩大网络安全专业人员的管道。这项工作将为教育工作者和雇主提供一个标准化的途径模型，这将减少不同教育水平的项目之间的效率低下，并使学校和行业能够更好地评估当前和未来网络安全专业人员的培训需求。此外，M（CP 2）将作为现有项目的一个例子，因为它们与新的指导方针保持一致;提供新项目可以复制或定制的研究支持的项目计划和资源;并且，在本发明中，通过将项目资源与K相匹配，支持将网络安全概念整合到全民计算机科学项目中，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Metropolitan State University (Metro State) and Advance IT Minnesota have established a Cybersecurity Center with the mission of conducting research and educational activities intended to contribute to advances in formal and informal cybersecurity education. The NSF funded project, M(CP2): Minnesota Cybersecurity Pathway Curriculum Partnership for K-18, will be completed by the members and partners of the Cybersecurity Center. The outcome of the M(CP2) is an integrated curriculum pathway including course modules for K-12, A.S., B.S., M.S., and certificate programs. The modules and pathway will align with the forthcoming Association for Computing Machinery's Cybersecurity Curricula 2017: Curriculum Guidelines for Post-Secondary Degree Programs in Cybersecurity, and with Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation on cybersecurity. M(CP2) will employ an innovative public-private partnership approach to prototype the first industry-aligned integrated pathway curriculum for K-12 through M.S. By leveraging collaborative partners across industry, education, and the public sector, the proposed work will operationalize best practices in public-private cooperation for cybersecurity education developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology - National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) to expand comprehensive resources to develop and expand the pipeline of cybersecurity professionals. This work will provide educators and employers with a standardized pathway model, which will reduce inefficiencies among programs at various educational levels and enable schools and industry to better evaluate the training needs of current and future cybersecurity professionals. Furthermore, M(CP2) will serve as an example for existing programs to use as they align with the new guidelines; provide research-supported program plans and resources that new programs can replicate or customize; and, support integration of cybersecurity concepts into Computer Science for All projects by aligning project resources to the K-12 computer science pathways.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.