Renewal of the Cyber Service Training and Education SFS Scholarship Program at Norfolk State University Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program

诺福克州立大学（NSU）是网络安全学术卓越中心——第二所被指定的历史黑人学院和大学——并提议通过参与网络军团服务奖学金（SFS）计划，继续为网络安全劳动力做出贡献。继续参与该计划将使新大能够为扩大网络安全劳动力做出贡献，不仅为新大社区，而且为广大公众带来网络安全意识和教育。当前和过去的SFS学者与初高中网络安全夏令营，NSU开办的高中网络安全俱乐部的学生以及针对公众的其他社区网络安全意识项目合作。这笔资金将允许NSU继续开展这些有价值的网络安全意识活动。目前的SFS毕业生已经在网络犯罪、数字取证、网络防御和一些高度机密的领域为网络安全劳动力做出了贡献。该大学计划继续并扩大这一贡献。作为一所女性攻读计算机科学学位比例相对较高的少数族裔大学，新大将为解决少数族裔和女性在网络安全劳动力中代表性不足的问题做出重大贡献。除了必要的实习项目，SFS学生还被要求参加网络安全系列研讨会，在那里他们将接触到来自行业的演讲者，当前的实际网络安全主题和技术，网络安全认证以及为网络安全竞赛做准备。本次网络安全研修班不仅能提高学生的学术水平，还能提高学生在毕业后的就业竞争力。通过与政府机构的网络安全雇主的合作和互动，新大将不断更新学术课程和研讨会需求，以确保毕业生不仅在现在，而且在未来保持竞争力。诺福克州立大学的SFS项目为网络安全工作队伍贡献了16名网络安全学者，本提案旨在继续这项工作。具体目标是：1)招募高素质、积极进取的人才，为员工队伍做好准备；2)通过严格的学术课程和网络安全系列研讨会，为网络安全劳动力培养学生，提供额外的实践学习机会；3)通过让SFS学者参与教育K-12学生和成人关于网络安全的重要性和网络安全领域的职业机会，丰富SFS学者和外部社区。在诺福克州立大学网络安全项目的发展过程中，它与能源部、国家核安全管理局、陆军研究实验室、Mitre公司、联邦调查局和太空与海战系统司令部（SPAWAR）建立了牢固的关系。这些机构帮助指导新大培养学生，这些学生准备在毕业后立即做出贡献，因此受到高度追捧。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。

Norfolk State University (NSU) is a Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity - the second Historical Black College and University to be so designated - and is proposing to continue its contribution to the Cybersecurity workforce through participation in the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. Continued participation in this program will permit NSU to contribute to expanding the cybersecurity workforce, and bring cybersecurity awareness and education, not only to the NSU community, but to the general public at large. Current and past SFS scholars have worked with middle and high school cybersecurity summer camps, students in a high school cybersecurity club started by NSU and in other community cybersecurity awareness programs directed at the general public. The funding will permit NSU to continue these valuable cybersecurity awareness activities. Current SFS graduates are already contributing to the cybersecurity workforce in areas of cybercrime, digital forensics, cyber defense and in some very highly classified areas. The university is proposing to continue and expand this contribution. As a minority institution with a relatively high proportion of females pursuing Computer Science degrees, NSU will contribute substantially to addressing under-representation of minorities and females in the cybersecurity workforce. Apart from the required internship programs, SFS students are required to be a part of a cybersecurity seminar series where they are exposed to speakers from industry, current hands-on cybersecurity topics and techniques, cybersecurity certifications and preparation for cybersecurity competitions. This cybersecurity seminar enhances academic class preparation and makes these SFS graduates more competitive as they seek employment upon graduation. Through collaborations and interaction with cybersecurity employers in government agencies, NSU will continually update the academic curricula and seminar needs to ensure that graduates remain competitive not only now, but also in the future. Norfolk State University's SFS program has contributed sixteen cybersecurity scholars to the cybersecurity workforce and this proposal aims to continue this work. The specific objectives are 1) recruit highly qualified and motivated individuals for workforce preparation; 2) Develop students for the cybersecurity workforce through exposure to a rigorous academic curriculum and a cybersecurity seminar series which provides additional hands-on-learning opportunities; 3) Enrich the SFS scholars and the external community by involving the SFS scholars in educating K-12 students and adults about the importance of cybersecurity and the career opportunities in the cybersecurity field. Over the course of development of the Cybersecurity program at Norfolk State University, it has developed strong relationships with the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration, The ARMY Research Laboratory, Mitre Corporation, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). These institutions have helped to guide NSU in the preparation of students who are ready to contribute immediately upon graduation and as a result are highly sought after.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.