SaTC: EDU: CyCAD: A Virtual Platform for Cybersecurity Curriculum on Analog Design

通过研究和课程开发，对数字系统硬件安全的理解已经非常成熟。然而，大多数网络安全课程未能涵盖这些威胁。该项目将为模拟设计(CyCAD)的网络安全课程开发一个虚拟平台。课程将包括通过计划的活动、评估和赛迪测试板上的项目进行动手学习。学生将使用Cycad框架学习核心网络安全概念，该框架将在整个项目中进行升级，以供将来作为独立的视听学习包使用。通过提供对Cycad的远程访问和个性化实验的灵活性，该项目还将解决国家工程院的重大挑战之一--“高级个性化学习”。该项目将促进K-12和技术工作人员的教育，提高全社会的网络安全意识，以及计算机科学、电气工程和教育之间的合作。该项目具有强大的K-12外联部分，包括为教师举办的专业发展研讨会。一个经过深思熟虑、精心设计的传播计划，采用了包括YouTube视频在内的多种方法，将接触到广泛的个人。该项目解决了网络安全教育方面的一个重大空白，全面的K-12推广部分，加上多方面的传播计划，将确保该项目将产生远远超出主办机构限制的重大影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The understanding of the hardware security of digital systems has gained significant maturity through research and curriculum development. However, most cybersecurity curricula fail to cover these threats. This project will develop a virtual platform for a cybersecurity curriculum on analog design (CyCAD). The curriculum will feature hands-on learning through planned activities, assessments, and projects on CyCAD test boards. Students will learn core cybersecurity concepts using the CyCAD framework, which will be upgraded throughout the project for future use as a self-contained audio-visual learning package. By providing remote access to CyCAD, and the flexibility to personalize experiments, the project will also address "Advance Personalized Learning," one of the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges. This project will promote K-12 and technical workforce education, cybersecurity awareness in the society, and collaboration between computer science, electrical engineering and education.The project features a strong K-12 outreach component that includes a professional development workshop for teachers. A well-thought out, and carefully designed, dissemination plan that employs multiple approaches, including YouTube videos, will reach a broad range of individuals. The project addresses a significant gap in cybersecurity education, and that the comprehensive K-12 outreach component, coupled with the multifaceted dissemination plan, will ensure that this project will have a significant impact well beyond the limits of the host institution.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.