SFS Capacity Building in Security of Software Defined Networks

软件定义网络（SDN）是一种相对较新的技术，由于其技术灵活性和节省成本的潜力，预计将在互联网中广泛使用。然而，随着SDN技术的快速采用，安全问题也随之出现。德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校（UT达拉斯）的拟议项目汇集了一个具有计算机网络和SDN专业知识的教师团队，以及具有网络安全专业知识的教师，以建立一个全面的课程来解决SDN的各个安全方面。目标是培养SDN技术及其安全性方面的熟练劳动力。从该计划毕业的学生将获得在学术界，工业界和政府中构建，部署和运营基于SDN的网络所需的技能。SDN安全的课程模块和一系列顶级项目将提供给学术界和工业界，以便该技术的安全性跟上广泛采用的步伐。拟议项目旨在设计一些课程模块;开发几个顶级项目;并为学生建立一个实验室设置，以实现原型系统，以测试他们对顶级项目中安全问题的解决方案。教材中涵盖的主题将包括：网络安全，包括系统安全，网络安全，数据和应用程序安全，网络物理系统的安全，基于语言的安全，以及下一代计算机网络，网络管理和SDN。这些产品将被纳入UT达拉斯现有的几个研究生级别的网络安全课程，并提供给其他希望扩展课程以涵盖SDN技术的机构。此外，该项目还将吸引本科生参与SDN研究活动，并作为招募有兴趣在新兴技术安全领域进一步深造的学生的工具。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Software defined networking (SDN) is a relatively new technology expected to have wide use in the Internet due to its technical flexibility and potential for cost-savings. However, given the rapid adoption of SDN technologies, security concerns have emerged. The proposed project from the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) brings together a team of faculty with expertise in computer networks and SDN, as well as faculty with expertise in cybersecurity, to build a comprehensive curriculum to address the various security aspects of SDN. The goal is to train a skilled workforce in SDN technology and its security. Students graduating from this program will acquire the necessary skills to build, deploy, and operate an SDN based networks in academia, industry and the government. The course modules and set of capstone projects in SDN security will be made available to academia and industry so that security of this technology keeps pace with wide-spread adoption.The proposed project aims to design a number of course modules; develop several capstone projects; and build a laboratory setup for students to implement prototype systems to test their solutions to the security issues in the capstone projects. Topics covered in the educational materials will include: cybersecurity including system security, network security, data and application security, security of cyber physical systems, and language based security, as well as in next generation computer networks, network management and SDN. The products will be incorporated into several existing graduate-level cybersecurity courses at UT Dallas, and be made available to other institutions that want to expand their curriculum to cover SDN technologies. Further, the project will involve undergraduate students in SDN research activities, and serve as a recruitment tool for students interested in furthering their education in the security of emerging technologies.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.