CyberCorps SFS Renewal: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Cybersecurity Education

网络安全是一个多方面的复杂问题，需要从不同角度进行研究，需要多学科的融合。该项目旨在继续和扩大CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划在采矿和技术（NMT）的新墨西哥州研究所。使用跨学科的方法，NMT SFS项目将使学者成为网络安全领域的公务员领导者。多学科的理论，实践和原则的整合反映了国家网络安全教育倡议网络安全劳动力（NICE）框架的指导。SFS学者将为通过该教育和培训计划获得的广泛技能而在网络安全劳动力中取得成功做好充分准备。该项目还将努力提高来自代表性不足的少数民族（URM）群体的学者的比例。NMT是西班牙裔服务机构，主要专注于科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）。增加参与该项目的URM学生数量将导致网络安全专业人员数量的增加，他们可能成为URM团体的成功榜样。此外，该项目将继续与两年制大学合作，分享网络安全课程，并指导他们向网络防御学术卓越中心（CAE-CD）助理计划的申请。该项目的影响将超出选定的学者作为网络安全课程和研究将受益于NMT的网络安全感兴趣的所有学生.NMT已被指定为网络防御研究学术卓越的国家中心（CAE-R）由国家安全局和国土安全部自2009. NMT现有的SFS计划将增加四批本科生和研究生学者，该计划非常重视为学者提供跨学科的网络安全教育。该项目将建立新的跨学科研究生（硕士和博士）学位课程，并支持学者在毕业后获得专业的网络安全证书。 此外，新的网络安全课程将在各种学科中开发，如计算机科学，电气工程，心理学，商业和技术管理以及人文学科。学者们还将受益于研究研讨会和网络安全研究机会与教师和研究人员从NMT，国家安全局，爱达荷州国家实验室，洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室，桑迪亚国家实验室和其他政府机构。 这些学者和所有NMT网络安全学生将继续积极影响他们将工作的政府机构，因为他们运用自己的专业知识和领导能力，以改善我们国家的网络安全。该项目由CyberCorps®奖学金服务（SFS）计划支持，该计划为建立或继续开展网络安全奖学金项目的提案提供资金，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以发展上级网络安全劳动力毕业后，奖学金获得者需要在联邦，州，地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作与他们的奖学金支持相同的时间。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

Cybersecurity is a multi-faceted and complex problem that needs to be studied from different angles and requires the integration of multiple disciplines. This project seeks to continue and expand the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT). Using a transdisciplinary approach, the NMT SFS project will prepare scholars to become leaders in civil service in the field of cybersecurity. The proposed integration of theory, practice and principles from multiple disciplines reflects guidance from the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Cybersecurity Workforce (NICE) Framework. SFS scholars will be well-prepared for success in the cybersecurity workforce as a result of the broad skillset obtained through this education and training program. This project will also work to increase the percentage of scholars from underrepresented minority (URM) groups. NMT is a Hispanic Serving Institution, primarily focusing on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Increasing the number of URM students involved in this project will result in an increase in the number of cybersecurity professionals who may serve as successful role models for URM groups. In addition, this project will continue collaborating with 2-year colleges to share cybersecurity curricula and mentor their applications to the Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) Associate program. The impact of this project will extend beyond the selected scholars as the cybersecurity courses and research will benefit all students interested in cybersecurity at NMT.NMT has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R) by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security since 2009. Four cohorts of undergraduate and graduate scholars will be added to NMT’s existing SFS program, which has a strong emphasis on providing a transdisciplinary cybersecurity education to scholars. The project will establish new transdisciplinary graduate (master’s and doctoral) degree programs and support scholars to obtain a professional cybersecurity certificate upon graduation. In addition, new cybersecurity courses will be developed across a wide variety of disciplines, such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Psychology, Business and Technology Management, and the humanities. Scholars will also benefit from research seminars and cybersecurity research opportunities with faculty and researchers from NMT, the National Security Agency, Idaho National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Sandia National Laboratory, and other government agencies. These scholars and all NMT cybersecurity students will continue to positively impact the government agencies they will work for as they apply their expertise and leadership to improve our nation’s cybersecurity.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.