CyberCorps SFS Renewal: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Cybersecurity Education

网络安全是一个多面性、复杂性的问题，需要从不同角度进行研究，需要多学科的融合。该项目旨在继续并扩大新墨西哥矿业与技术学院（NMT）的赛博军团®服务奖学金（SFS）项目。采用跨学科方法，NMT SFS项目将培养学者成为网络安全领域公务员的领导者。来自多个学科的理论、实践和原则的拟议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。通过该教育和培训计划获得的广泛技能，SFS学者将为网络安全劳动力的成功做好充分准备。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是一所西班牙裔服务机构，主要专注于科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）。参与该项目的URM学生数量的增加将导致网络安全专业人员数量的增加，这些专业人员可能成为URM团体的成功榜样。此外，该项目将继续与两年制大学合作，共享网络安全课程，并指导他们申请网络防御学术卓越中心（CAE-CD）副计划。该项目的影响将超出所选学者的范围，因为网络安全课程和研究将使所有对NMT网络安全感兴趣的学生受益。自2009年以来，NMT已被国家安全局和国土安全部指定为国家网络防御研究学术卓越中心（CAE-R）。NMT现有的SFS项目将增加四组本科生和研究生，该项目强调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，并支持学者在毕业时获得专业网络安全证书。此外，新的网络安全课程将跨越各种学科，如计算机科学、电子工程、心理学、商业和技术管理以及人文学科。学者们还将受益于与NMT、国家安全局、爱达荷国家实验室、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的教师和研究人员的研究研讨会和网络安全研究机会。这些学者和所有NMT网络安全学生将继续积极影响他们将为之工作的政府机构，因为他们将运用他们的专业知识和领导力来改善我们国家的网络安全。该项目由CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划支持，该计划为建立或继续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，以培养优秀的网络安全劳动力。毕业后，奖学金获得者必须在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织的网络安全部门工作，工作时间与奖学金支持时间相同。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。

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.