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NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant: Building Cybersecurity Inclusive Pathways towards Higher Education and Research (CIPHER)

NSF 包括规划拨款：构建通向高等教育和研究的网络安全包容性途径 (CIPHER)

基本信息

批准号：
2012941
负责人：
Hongyi Wu
金额：
$ 10万
依托单位：
Old Dominion University Research Foundation
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-06-01 至 2022-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2012941&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant Building

项目摘要

This NSF INCLUDES planning grant is funded by NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES), a comprehensive national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in discoveries and innovations by focusing on diversity, inclusion and broadening participation in STEM at scale. The goal of this planning grant is to address cybersecurity education and training in K-16.As cyber threats continue to grow in sophistication, no organization or individual is immune to cyberattacks. On one hand, there is a widening skills gap. Unfilled cybersecurity jobs are expected to reach 1.8 million by 2022, as reported by the Center for Cyber Safety and Education. On the other hand, the cybersecurity education and training institutions in the nation have found it difficult to keep pace with the growing demand for cyber talent. There exists a significant gap between K-12 and college education in cybersecurity. Moreover, it is deeply challenging to achieve diversity and inclusion given the highly technical and interdisciplinary nature of cybersecurity. Lack of partnership and coordination between education institutions further leads to gaps in the nation’s current cybersecurity education landscape. The project aims to pave the way for a national alliance for building Cybersecurity Inclusive Pathways towards Higher Education and Research (CIPHER), that will focus on a researcher-practitioner partnership for the development of fundamental, theoretically-grounded, and systematic approaches to inclusive K-16 cybersecurity education, especially for students with low socioeconomic status (SES). This project will directly benefit at least 10 school districts (with a total of 175,163 students) and a dozen colleges and universities. In the long term, it will provide essential support to inclusive cybersecurity workforce development, mitigating the massive workforce shortage and leading to long-lasting positive impacts on the national economy and social diversity. The project includes a series of planning activities to engage a full spectrum of stakeholders and prepare the groundwork for establishing CIPHER. Scholars from multiple disciplines and practitioners from multiple fields will work together to fully understand the problems and explore the design space. It will lead to fundamental findings about what administrators, educators, counselors, and parents need to know and be able to do to support cybersecurity education. The outcomes include the establishment of a CIPHER researcher-practitioner partnership that engages all stakeholders, deep understanding about the current knowledge and infrastructure gap, and creation of an inclusive model for K-16 cybersecurity education, which can be replicated national-wide for bringing cybersecurity education to all students. The project will develop a range of effective ways including online resources to engage underrepresented or underserved communities. This endeavor will lead to broader and profound impacts, reshaping the landscape of K-16 cybersecurity education in the nation.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.

该NSF INCLUDES计划拨款由NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science（NSF INCLUDES）资助，这是一项全面的国家计划，旨在通过关注多样性，包容性和扩大STEM的参与来加强美国在发现和创新方面的领导地位。这项计划拨款的目标是解决K-16的网络安全教育和培训问题。随着网络威胁的不断复杂化，没有任何组织或个人能够免受网络攻击。一方面，技能差距扩大。据网络安全和教育中心报道，到2022年，未填补的网络安全工作岗位预计将达到180万个。另一方面，国内的网络安全教育和培训机构发现很难跟上对网络人才日益增长的需求。在网络安全方面，K-12和大学教育之间存在着巨大的差距。此外，鉴于网络安全的高度技术性和跨学科性质，实现多样性和包容性极具挑战性。教育机构之间缺乏伙伴关系和协调，进一步导致该国目前的网络安全教育格局存在差距。该项目旨在为建立面向高等教育和研究的网络安全包容性途径（CIPHER）的国家联盟铺平道路，该联盟将重点关注研究人员与实践者的伙伴关系，以发展包容性K-16网络安全教育的基础，理论和系统方法，特别是针对社会经济地位低的学生（SES）。该项目将直接惠及至少10个学区（共有175 163名学生）和十几所学院和大学。从长远来看，它将为包容性网络安全劳动力发展提供重要支持，缓解大规模劳动力短缺问题，并对国民经济和社会多样性产生持久的积极影响。该项目包括一系列规划活动，以使所有利益攸关方参与，并为建立CIPHER奠定基础。来自多个学科的学者和多个领域的从业者将共同努力，充分了解问题，探索设计空间。它将导致关于管理员，教育工作者，辅导员和家长需要知道什么和能够做什么来支持网络安全教育的基本发现。其成果包括建立一个CIPHER研究人员与实践者的伙伴关系，让所有利益相关者参与进来，深入了解当前的知识和基础设施差距，并为K-16网络安全教育创建一个包容性模型，该模型可以在全国范围内复制，为所有学生提供网络安全教育。该项目将开发一系列有效的方法，包括在线资源，以吸引代表性不足或服务不足的社区。这一奋进将产生更广泛和深远的影响，重塑K-16网络安全教育在全国的景观。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知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。