The Role of Community Colleges in Cybersecurity Education: Future Directions

社区学院在网络安全教育中的作用：未来方向

• 批准号: 1937905
• 负责人: Corrinne Sande
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: Whatcom Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2023-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1937905&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Role; Community; Colleges; Cybersecurity; Education

In 2002, the National Science Foundation and the American Association of Community Colleges convened a workshop and produced a pioneering report on "The Role of Community Colleges in Cybersecurity Education." At that time, community colleges had virtually no courses or curricula focusing on cybersecurity. The workshop and resulting report provided a blueprint for community colleges to build cybersecurity programs during the following years. Cybersecurity education has evolved dramatically since 2002, and the cybersecurity threats and needs of the nation have also evolved. Today, many fields outside information technology -- such as energy, biotechnology, healthcare, and the financial sector -- depend on cybersecurity and need workers with relevant knowledge and skills. In this project, Whatcom Community College and Moraine Valley Community College, the homes of two Advanced Technological Education (ATE) centers for cybersecurity education, will convene a workshop and produce a report that will examine the state of cybersecurity education at community colleges in 2020 and will identify challenges, opportunities, and an action plan for the coming years.The 2020 workshop, which will involve approximately 150 experts from academia, industry, and government, will assess the impact that community colleges have had on cybersecurity education since the 2002 workshop and the role that graduates of community college cybersecurity programs have come to play in the nation's cybersecurity workforce. The workshop will also identify cutting-edge and emerging topics that community college curricula should address, with special attention to the cross-disciplinary nature of cybersecurity today. The resulting report will present needs, challenges, opportunities, and recommendations for academia, industry, and government. In so doing, it will update the 2002 vision and shape the role of community colleges in cybersecurity education for the coming years. Ultimately, this project will improve and modernize cybersecurity education at community colleges nationwide, helping to address the persistent need for well-trained graduates to serve the many economic sectors that depend on workers with some level of cybersecurity knowledge and skills.This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, which focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.

2002年，美国国家科学基金会和美国社区学院协会召开了一次研讨会，并编写了一份关于“社区学院在网络安全教育中的作用”的开创性报告。“当时，社区学院几乎没有专注于网络安全的课程或课程。研讨会和报告为社区学院在接下来的几年中建立网络安全计划提供了蓝图。自2002年以来，网络安全教育发生了巨大变化，国家的网络安全威胁和需求也发生了变化。如今，信息技术之外的许多领域，如能源、生物技术、医疗保健和金融部门，都依赖于网络安全，需要具备相关知识和技能的工人。在这个项目中，Whatcom社区学院和Moraine Valley社区学院，两个高级技术教育（ATE）网络安全教育中心的所在地，将召开一个研讨会并制作一份报告，该报告将审查2020年社区学院的网络安全教育状况，并将确定未来几年的挑战，机遇和行动计划。2020年研讨会，将有来自学术界，工业界和政府的大约150名专家参加，将评估自2002年研讨会以来社区学院对网络安全教育的影响，以及社区学院网络安全课程的毕业生在国家网络安全工作队伍中所发挥的作用。该研讨会还将确定社区大学课程应解决的前沿和新兴主题，特别关注当今网络安全的跨学科性质。由此产生的报告将为学术界、工业界和政府提出需求、挑战、机遇和建议。在这样做的过程中，它将更新2002年的愿景，并塑造社区学院在未来几年的网络安全教育中的作用。最终，该项目将改善全国社区学院的网络安全教育并使之现代化，帮助满足对训练有素的毕业生的持续需求，以服务于依赖具有一定水平网络安全知识和技能的工人的许多经济部门。该项目由高级技术教育（ATE）计划资助，它的重点是技术人员的教育，为先进的，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进行评估，被认为值得支持和更广泛的影响审查标准。