CyberWatch West Resource Center

保持计算机和信息系统的安全是一项重大挑战。商业、工业和政府都需要准备充分的技术人员来预防、检测和调查网络安全漏洞。网络威胁的增长催生了对更多具备网络安全知识和技能的员工的需求。为了应对这一国家在教育和劳动力发展方面的挑战，网络观察西部资源中心将协助全国各地的大学发展和改进网络安全教育项目。该先进技术教育（ATE）资源中心将建立在Cyber watch West ATE区域中心（NSF奖励du -1104278、du -1361636和du -1500375）、社区学院催化计算和网络安全（C5）项目（NSF奖励DGE-1548315）和国家安全局/国土安全部“网络防御国家资源中心学术卓越中心”（CNRC）所奠定的基础上。网络观察西部资源中心将通过以下四项相互关联的努力，为希望发展或加强网络安全教育项目并加强网络安全劳动力的大学提供支持：(1)通过对两年制和四年制院校进行导师-指导者培训，扩大对网络防御国家资源中心项目学术卓越中心的参与。这项工作将直接补充美国国家安全局资助的Whatcom社区学院CNRC。(2)通过在线存储库编目并传播加强网络安全课程和高等教育课程的资源，包括在以前的nsf资助项目下开发的教学模块。(3)在全国范围内扩大企业/行业-学术合作伙伴关系，建立区域网络安全社区，使企业/行业与网络安全教师和学生建立联系。(4)传播有助于教师指导和专业发展以及学生发展的资源。通过这些努力，该中心旨在：促进大学课程中网络安全内容的标准化；建立对社区学院网络安全项目和获得社区学院副学士学位或证书的学生资格的认识；满足国家所有部门对网络安全工作者的需求，包括政府、国防、医疗和商业；多样化的人才库，雇主可以从中吸引他们的网络安全员工。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

Keeping computers and information systems secure is a critical challenge. Business, industry, and government need well-prepared technicians who can prevent, detect, and investigate cybersecurity breaches. The growth of cyber-threats has created a need for many more workers who have cybersecurity knowledge and skills. To address this national challenge in education and workforce development, the CyberWatch West Resource Center will assist colleges around the nation with the development and improvement of educational programs in cybersecurity. This Advanced Technological Education (ATE) resource center will build on the foundation that has been laid by the CyberWatch West ATE regional center (NSF Awards DUE-1104278, DUE-1361636, and DUE-1500375), the Catalyzing Computing and Cybersecurity in Community Colleges (C5) project (NSF Award DGE-1548315), and the National Security Agency/Department of Homeland Security "Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense National Resource Center" (CNRC) at Whatcom Community College.The CyberWatch West Resource Center will support colleges that want to develop or enhance their cybersecurity education programs and strengthen the cybersecurity workforce through four interrelated efforts: (1) Expand participation in the Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense National Resource Center program through mentor-mentee training for two-year and four-year institutions. This work will directly complement the NSA-funded CNRC at Whatcom Community College. (2) Catalog and disseminate, through an online repository, resources that strengthen cybersecurity courses and curricula in higher education, including instructional modules developed under a previous NSF-funded project. (3) Expand business/industry-academic partnerships nationwide and build regional cybersecurity communities that engage business/industry with cybersecurity faculty and students. (4) Disseminate resources that aid faculty mentoring and professional development, and student development. Through these efforts, the center aims to: promote the standardization of cybersecurity content in college programs; build awareness of community college cybersecurity programs and the qualifications of students who earn an associate degree or certificate in a community college program; address the national need for cybersecurity workers across all sectors, including government, defense, healthcare, and commerce; diversify the talent pool from which employers can draw their cybersecurity workforce.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.