Targeted Infusion Project: Cybersecurity for Everybody - A Multi-Tier Approach to Cybersecurity Education, Training, and Awareness in the Undergraduate Curriculum

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求科学、技术、工程或数学（STEM）研究生课程和/或职业。南卡罗来纳州立大学的这个项目将加强计算机科学系的本科教育，使学生为满足劳动力需求或在网络安全相关领域进行高级研究做好准备。该项目的目标是通过使用教学、实习、讲习班和研讨会，为本科网络安全教育创建一个成功的全机构改革模式。该项目将采用多层方法，通过与学术界、政府和工业界建立关系，提高本科课程中网络安全教育、培训和意识的能力；开设网络安全入门通识教育课程；通过讲座、研讨会、工作坊和实践经验，向初中、高中和大学教师以及公众提供网络安全问题的意识和培训；开设网络安全辅修课程；并为参与者提供在线网络安全实验室的访问权限。该项目以形成性和总结性评价为指导。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。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at South Carolina State University will enhance undergraduate education in the Computer Science department to prepare students to meet the needs of the workforce or advanced studies in cybersecurity related fields. The goal of this project is to create a successful model of institution-wide reform for undergraduate cybersecurity education through the use of instruction, internships, workshops and seminars. This project will use a multi-tier approach to increase capacity in cybersecurity education, training, and awareness in the undergraduate curriculum by developing relationships with academia, government and industry; developing an introductory cybersecurity general education course; providing awareness of and training for cybersecurity issues to middle school, high school, and college teachers, and to the general public through lectures, seminars, workshops, and hands-on experiences; developing a minor in cybersecurity; and providing the participants access to an online cybersecurity laboratory. The project is guided by formative and summative evaluation.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.