CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Cybersecurity Workforce Preparation

该国正面临训练有素、准备充分的网络安全专业人员的严重短缺。为了满足这一劳动力需求，密歇根理工大学 (Michigan Tech) 的 Cyber​​Corps®：服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划将在五年内培训 20 名本科生和研究生 SFS 学者。这些高技能的 SFS 学者毕业后将准备进入政府的网络安全队伍。密歇根理工大学提供许多高质量的网络安全和计算学位课程，教师积极在网络物理系统、移动计算和网络架构等新兴领域开展外部支持的研究。密歇根理工大学在向 K-12 教师和学生提供网络安全外展活动以及为大学生提供优质的就业服务方面也有着悠久的历史。 SFS 项目将创建一个支持性学习社区，帮助这些学生完成大学教育并加入网络安全队伍。密歇根理工大学的 SFS 项目是多个部门和项目的共同努力。 SFS 学者将从七个计算机本科专业和一个网络安全硕士学位项目中选拔。 SFS 项目通过灵活的课程组合允许多学科研究和更广泛的参与，包括网络安全本科专业和辅修课程以及网络安全加速或常规硕士学位。 SFS 计划还将包括学生指导、培训和管理活动，以及课程作业和个性化学术建议。学生将通过个人会议和小组会议、本科生/研究生研究、专业发展研讨会、网络安全竞赛/会议和外展活动获得指导。此外，SFS 项目将与密歇根理工大学的帕夫利斯荣誉学院合作，为学生提供设计自己的荣誉体验并参与动态学习社区的机会。 SFS 计划将招募和留住代表性不足的群体，包括妇女、少数民族、第一代/低收入学生和残疾人。在整个项目期间，项目团队将评估所开展活动的有效性和就业安置目标的实现情况。形成性和总结性评估结果将用于完善 SFS 计划并应用最佳实践。此外，项目成果和评估结果将在全国范围内传播，以帮助同行机构和政府机构采用网络安全教育的最佳实践。该项目得到了 Cyber​​Corps® 服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划的支持，该计划资助建立或继续网络安全奖学金计划的提案，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获得奖学金支持的期限内为联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织从事网络安全工作。该奖项反映了 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。

The nation is facing a significant shortage of well-trained and well-prepared cybersecurity professionals. To meet this workforce need, the CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) will train 20 undergraduate and graduate SFS scholars over a five-year period. These highly-skilled SFS scholars will be ready to enter the government's cybersecurity workforce upon graduation. Michigan Tech offers a number of high-quality cybersecurity and computing degree programs and faculty actively conduct externally supported research in emerging areas including cyber-physical systems, mobile computing, and network architecture. Michigan Tech also has a long history of offering cybersecurity outreach activities to K-12 teachers and students and of providing excellent career services for college students. The SFS program will create a supportive learning community to help these students complete their college education and join the cybersecurity workforce.The SFS program at Michigan Tech is a joint effort of multiple departments and programs. SFS scholars will be chosen from seven computing undergraduate majors and one cybersecurity master’s degree program. The SFS program allows multi-disciplinary study and broader participation with a mix of flexible curriculum tracks, including undergraduate majors and minors in cybersecurity and accelerated or regular master’s degrees in cybersecurity. The SFS program will also include student mentoring, training, and management activities, as well as coursework and personalized academic advising. Students will be mentored through individual meetings and group meetings, undergraduate/graduate research, professional development workshops, cybersecurity competitions/conferences, and outreach activities. In addition, the SFS program will collaborate with the Pavlis Honors College at Michigan Tech that affords students opportunities to design their own honors experience and participate in a dynamic learning community. The SFS program will recruit and retain underrepresented groups including women, minorities, first-generation / low-income students, and persons with disabilities. Throughout the project period, the project team will evaluate the effectiveness of conducted activities and achievement of job placement goals. The formative and summative assessment results will be used to refine the SFS program and apply best practices. In addition, project outcomes and evaluation results will be disseminated nationwide to help peer institutions and government agencies adopt best practices in cybersecurity education.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.