International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational (ICCDI) Competition

国际大学生网络防御邀请赛（ICCDI）

• 批准号: 1734537
• 负责人: Amelia Phillips
• 金额: $ 5.56万
• 依托单位: Highline Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-15 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1734537&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Collegiate; Cyber; Defense; Invitational

Keeping computers and information systems secure is a major challenge both in the United States and abroad. Business, industry, and government need a well-prepared workforce that can prevent, detect, and investigate cybersecurity breaches, and the growth of cyber-threats has created a need for many more workers who have appropriate, specific knowledge and skills. The cybersecurity challenge does not respect national boundaries. The Internet has global reach, and many companies do business and employ technical workers around the world. To address cybersecurity concerns in the United States well, educators and employers need to build cooperation and understanding with their international counterparts. In this project, Highline College, in collaboration with CyberWatch West, will organize and host the first International Collegiate Cyber Defense Invitational (ICCDI) competition during the summer of 2017. This event, which will be modeled after the U.S. Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), will bring together approximately ten student teams and their coaches from nations around the world to tackle real-world cybersecurity challenges in the context of a simulated corporate network. This hands-on experience and competitive practice cannot be replicated in a typical classroom, and it will provide students with better training and preparation for the workforce. The interaction of students and faculty who have different educational backgrounds, as well as experiences with different technologies, will prepare the students for the global cybersecurity environment in which they will work. During the competition, conference sessions will also be held to allow representatives from companies, governments, and educational institutions to share knowledge about cybersecurity challenges and solutions.The ICCDI planning committee will build into the competition's structure opportunities for the students to broaden their knowledge of cybersecurity as it is taught and practiced around the world. These technical features of the competition environment will be supplemented by the opportunity to meet cyber-defenders from other countries face-to-face to discuss both unique and common challenges and to establish new lines of communication. Colleges and universities that have participated in the U.S. Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition have discovered weaknesses in their current curricula and have designed changes to address them. By following a similar approach, the ICCDI will enable participating colleges and universities to adjust their curricula to meet cybersecurity demands in their region and in the international arena. Each team will receive a detailed report about how it performed in the competition, along with a debriefing from the judges and the cybersecurity experts on the Red (penetration testing) Team. The project evaluator will use aggregated data on the performance of the teams and surveys of participants to answer such questions as: How did the students and faculty benefit from the exposure to participants from other countries? What particular nomenclature and skills did participants learn in the international context? What cross-cultural issues emerged as significant during the competition? How will faculty and students use the knowledge and skills that they gained? What curricular changes will be implemented?

保证计算机和信息系统的安全是美国国内外面临的一项重大挑战。企业、工业和政府需要一支准备充分的员工队伍，能够预防、检测和调查网络安全漏洞，而网络威胁的增长也创造了对更多拥有适当、特定知识和技能的员工的需求。网络安全挑战不分国界。互联网已遍及全球，许多公司在世界各地开展业务并雇用技术人员。为了解决美国的网络安全问题，教育工作者和雇主需要与国际同行建立合作和理解。在这个项目中，Highline学院将与CyberWatch West合作，在2017年夏天组织并举办第一届国际大学网络防御邀请赛（ICCDI）。该活动将以美国大学网络防御竞赛（CCDC）为蓝本，将汇集来自世界各国的约十个学生团队及其教练，在模拟企业网络的背景下应对现实世界的网络安全挑战。这种实践经验和竞争性实践不能在典型的课堂上复制，它将为学生提供更好的培训和为劳动力做好准备。拥有不同教育背景和不同技术经验的学生和教师之间的互动，将使学生为他们将要工作的全球网络安全环境做好准备。在比赛期间，还将举行会议，让来自公司、政府和教育机构的代表分享有关网络安全挑战和解决方案的知识。ICCDI计划委员会将在比赛的结构中为学生提供机会，以扩大他们在网络安全方面的知识，因为这是在世界各地教授和实践的。除了竞争环境的这些技术特点外，还将有机会与来自其他国家的网络防御者面对面地讨论独特和共同的挑战，并建立新的沟通渠道。参加美国大学网络防御竞赛的高校已经发现了当前课程中的弱点，并设计了相应的改革方案来解决这些问题。通过采用类似的方法，ICCDI将使参与的学院和大学能够调整他们的课程，以满足他们所在地区和国际舞台上的网络安全需求。每支队伍将收到一份详细的报告，介绍他们在比赛中的表现，以及评委和网络安全专家对Red（渗透测试）团队的汇报。项目评估员将使用团队表现的汇总数据和参与者的调查来回答以下问题：学生和教师如何从与其他国家参与者的接触中受益？参与者在国际背景下学习了哪些特别的术语和技能？在比赛中出现了哪些重要的跨文化问题？教师和学生将如何使用他们获得的知识和技能？将实施哪些课程改革？