Collaborative Research: Capacity Building: Building a Cybersecurity Pipeline through Experiential Virtual Labs and Workforce Alliances

合作研究：能力建设：通过体验式虚拟实验室和劳动力联盟构建网络安全管道

• 批准号: 1822567
• 负责人: Jorge Crichigno
• 金额: $ 43.37万
• 依托单位: University of South Carolina at Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-15 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1822567&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Capacity; Building; Cybersecurity

This project proposes to implement a cybersecurity concentration embedded in the Bachelor degree in Information Engineering Technology at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC). The concentration will consist of two regular core courses, two Capstone courses, and one internship experience. The program of studies will also include three cybersecurity-infused prerequisite courses involving computers, networking, and programming essentials. This effort will be conducted in partnership with the University of South Florida (USF). The comprehensive project has several components. First, the project will create advanced curricular and training material for 100-level to 400-level courses enriched with a large number of virtual laboratories (vLabs) covering the fundamental principles of cybersecurity. The vLabs and training manuals will be portable, ready to use and deployable in a standard virtual environment without the need for configuration or package installation, thus promoting resource sharing. The proposed curriculum will also include a training standard recognized by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) to meet the CNSS 4011 training standard. Second, NNMC and USF will establish an alliance with industry organizations and with Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL), including Engineering/IT divisions at LANL and its National Security Education Center (NSEC), to create an internship program in cybersecurity. The alliance will strengthen the collaboration with industry and federal laboratories, in efforts to bolster national security. Third, NNMC will partner with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and a regional rural high-school to strengthen the cybersecurity pipeline and increase the production of professionals to fill regional demand. Finally, the educational model and curricular material will be available and further disseminated through well-established channels, such as the Western Academy Support and Training Center (WASTC). WASTC provides computer science and IT training across the country and supports hundreds of higher education institutions that have interest in adopting vLabs.

该项目建议实施新墨西哥学院（NNMC）信息工程技术学士学位嵌入的网络安全浓度。集中度将包括两个常规的核心课程，两个顶峰课程和一项实习经验。研究计划还将包括三个涉及计算机，网络和编程必需品的网络安全性先决条件课程。这项工作将与南佛罗里达大学（USF）合作进行。综合项目具有多个组成部分。首先，该项目将为100级至400级课程创建高级课程和培训材料，并具有涵盖网络安全基本原理的大量虚拟实验室（VLABS）。 VLAB和培训手册将是便携式的，可以在标准虚拟环境中使用和部署，而无需配置或软件包安装，从而促进资源共享。拟议的课程还将包括国家安全局（NSA）和国家安全系统委员会（CNSS）认可的培训标准，以符合CNSS 4011培训标准。其次，NNMC和USF将与行业组织以及Los Alamos National Laboratories（LANL）建立联盟，包括LANL及其国家安全教育中心（NSEC）的工程/IT部门，以创建网络安全实习计划。该联盟将加强与行业和联邦实验室的合作，以加强国家安全。第三，NNMC将与新墨西哥州的劳动力解决方案和区域高中生合作，以加强网络安全管道并增加专业人员的生产以满足地区需求。最后，将提供教育模型和课程材料，并通过公认的渠道（例如西方学院支持与培训中心（WASTC））进一步传播。 WASTC在全国范围内提供计算机科学和IT培训，并为有兴趣采用VLAB的数百家高等教育机构提供支持。

项目成果

Building a Cybersecurity Pipeline through Experiential Virtual Labs and Workforce Alliances

通过体验式虚拟实验室和劳动力联盟构建网络安全管道

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: ASEE annual conference & exposition
• 作者: Crichigno, Jorge;Ahmed, Sadia;Gerdes, John;Brookshire, Robert
• 通讯作者: Brookshire, Robert

Training and Teaching Students and IT Professionals on High-throughput Networking and Cybersecurity using a Private Cloud

使用私有云对学生和 IT 专业人员进行高吞吐量网络和网络安全方面的培训和教学

• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education
• 作者: Crichigno, Jorge;Bou-Harb, Elias;Kfoury, Elie;Gomez, Jose;Mangino, Antonio
• 通讯作者: Mangino, Antonio

Decentralized Distribution of PCP Mappings Over Blockchain for End-to-End Secure Direct Communications

• DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2934049
• 发表时间: 2019-08
• 期刊: IEEE Access
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Elie F. Kfoury;Ignacio Aguaded;J. Crichigno;E. Bou-Harb;David J. Khoury

A Blockchain-based Method for Decentralizing the ACME Protocol to Enhance Trust in PKI

• DOI: 10.1109/tsp49548.2020.9163555
• 发表时间: 2020-07
• 期刊: 2020 43rd International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP)
• 作者: Elie F. Kfoury;David J. Khoury;Ali AlSabeh;Jose Gomez;J. Crichigno;E. Bou-Harb