CyberCorps SFS: Preparing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

培养一支训练有素的网络安全队伍对国家的经济竞争力和安全至关重要。印第安纳大学网络安全奖学金计划(IUCSP)将为16名不同的学生提供一项新颖的网络安全教育计划，该计划将印第安纳大学(IU)跨学科的学术课程与现实世界的实习经验相结合。为确保多样性，IUCSP将通过一系列举措积极开展招聘和外联活动。这些举措包括由印第安纳大学应用网络安全研究中心举办的网络安全夏令营，与印第安纳州常春藤科技社区学院的现有合作伙伴关系，以及与印第安纳大学负责多样性、公平和多元文化事务的副总裁办公室、黑人学生会、印第安纳大学少数族裔服务机构STEM倡议和科技女性卓越中心的合作。通过密歇根大学网络安全诊所，将强大的学术准备与应用经验相结合，将培养出独特的网络安全领导者，以加强美国政府工作人员、国家安全需求和关键基础设施保护。密歇根大学是指定的国家安全局和国土安全部网络防御教育和研究学术卓越中心。拟议的IUCSP将产生一批持有IUCSP学术学位之一的本科生、硕士和博士学位：计算机科学学士、计算机科学博士、安全计算硕士或网络安全风险管理跨学科硕士学位。该项目将确定IUCSP组成部分的效力，其中包括在主要网络安全会议上的招聘和外联、作为IU网络安全诊所一部分的教育规划、在政府组织的暑期实习、专门的指导以及参与研讨会和其他活动，以确保IUCSP的方案继续是最先进的。学位将与几个由印第安纳大学领导的老牌网络安全组织的真实世界经验相结合，如下所示。OMNI安全运营中心通过联合安全运营中心协作，帮助高等教育机构降低网络安全威胁的影响。国家科学基金会(NSF)网络安全卓越中心领导其他由NSF资助的研究机构应对网络安全挑战。研究和教育网络信息共享和协调中心通过促进网络安全、业务保护和应对，为高等教育和研究界内的620多个成员机构提供服务。伊利诺伊大学网络安全诊所将学生与印第安纳州的组织配对，以应对现实世界组织的网络安全挑战。此外，学生还将受益于爱荷华州立大学自己的网络安全运营团队，该团队保护着10万多名学生和员工。该项目得到了CyberCorps®服务奖学金(SFS)计划的支持，该计划为设立或继续开展网络安全奖学金计划的提案提供资金，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以培养一支优秀的网络安全队伍。毕业后，奖学金获得者被要求在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作中工作，时间与他们的奖学金支持相同。这一奖项反映了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。

Developing a well-trained cybersecurity workforce is broadly critical to the nation’s economic competitiveness and security. The Indiana University Cybersecurity Scholarship Program (IUCSP) will provide 16 diverse students a novel cybersecurity educational program that combines Indiana University’s (IU) interdisciplinary academic curriculum with real-world internship experiences. To ensure diversity, IUCSP will engage in active recruitment and outreach through an array of initiatives. These initiatives include cybersecurity summer camps hosted by IU’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, existing partnerships with Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, and collaboration with IU’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, the Black Student Union, the IU-Minority Serving Institutions STEM Initiative, and the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology. The combination of strong academic preparation with applied experience, via the IU Cybersecurity Clinic, will produce cybersecurity leaders uniquely situated to strengthen the U.S. government workforce, national security needs, and critical infrastructure protection.IU is a designated National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense in both Education and Research. The proposed IUCSP will produce a pipeline of students holding undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees from one of IU’s academic degree offerings: a bachelor’s in Computer Science, a doctorate in Computer Science, a master’s in Secure Computing, or an interdisciplinary master’s in Cybersecurity Risk Management. This project will determine the efficacy of the IUCSP components, which include recruitment and outreach at major cybersecurity conventions, educational programming as part of the IU Cybersecurity Clinic, summer internships with government organizations, dedicated mentoring, and involvement in workshops and other activities that will ensure IU’s programs continue to be state-of-the-art. Degrees will be coupled with real-world experience from several established, IU-led cybersecurity organizations, as follows. The Omni Security Operations Center helps higher education institutions reduce the impact of cybersecurity threats through a joint Security Operations Center collaboration. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Cybersecurity Center of Excellence leads other NSF-funded research organizations in addressing cybersecurity challenges. The Research and Education Network Information Sharing and Coordination Center serves over 620 member institutions within the higher education and research community by promoting cybersecurity operational protections and response. The IU Cybersecurity Clinic pairs students with Indiana-based organizations to tackle real-world organizational cybersecurity challenges. In addition, students will benefit from IU’s own cybersecurity operations team, which protects 100,000+ students and employees. This project is supported by the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, which funds proposals establishing or continuing scholarship programs in cybersecurity and aligns with the U.S. National Cyber Strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce. Following graduation, scholarship recipients are required to work in cybersecurity for a federal, state, local, or tribal Government organization for the same duration as their scholarship support.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.