CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Preparing an Interdisciplinary Next-Gen Cybersecurity Workforce

Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金：培养跨学科的下一代网络安全劳动力

• 批准号: 2146146
• 负责人: Shamik Sengupta
• 金额: $ 330.59万
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-01 至 2027-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2146146&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Preparing; Interdisciplinary

As cyberspace increases in complexity, it is becoming increasingly important to develop a cybersecurity workforce ready to address the challenges of this complex and multi-faceted environment. A skilled cybersecurity workforce is crucial to developing a secure cyberspace and maintaining the Nation's global competitiveness, thus ensuring the United States' economic vitality. With funding from the NSF CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service program this project at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) aims to educate students with the critical knowledge and skills needed to develop, operate, administer, maintain, and defend an increasingly dynamic cyberspace. Towards this end the project will build on synergistic collaboration among multiple disciplines affiliated with the UNR Cybersecurity Center. A key project outcome is the development of the next generation of cybersecurity professionals who can bring an interdisciplinary approach that integrates attention to technical, political, legal, and behavioral issues into a practical, secure, and dependable cyberspace. The project will draw on students from a host of diverse backgrounds, with particular emphasis on recruiting and retaining groups who are underrepresented in the cybersecurity workforce such as women, first-generation/low-income students, and veterans.By bringing in scholars from multiple disciplines, this project will explore unique ways to engage students in interdisciplinary cybersecurity education, to sustain long-term research and education partnerships, and to motivate students to protect cyberspace through public service. Students will not only engage in UNR's formal cybersecurity curriculum, but also participate in research experiences and gain hands-on skills development through their involvement with the Nevada Cyber Range, Nevada Cyber Club, cyber competitions, a capstone research project, and UNR's Office of IT and Cyber Infrastructure team. To expand outreach activities and lay the foundation for recruiting the next generation of students, SFS scholars will also be required to participate in middle/high school visits with the project faculty team, engage with school cyber clubs, and create workshops for their younger peers. The project will promote the participation of students who are underrepresented in the cybersecurity workforce by partnering with UNR's First-Generation Student Services Center, Women into Computer Science and Engineering (WiCSE) student organization, and the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). Furthermore, this project will focus on recruiting veterans by partnering with UNR's Veteran Services. This project is supported by the CyberCorps(R) 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.

随着网络空间的复杂性增加，培养一支能够应对这一复杂和多方面环境挑战的网络安全队伍变得越来越重要。熟练的网络安全工作人员对于发展安全的网络空间和保持国家的全球竞争力至关重要，从而确保美国的经济活力。在NSF CyberCorps（R）服务奖学金项目的资助下，内华达州大学里诺分校（UNR）的这一项目旨在教育学生掌握开发、运营、管理、维护和捍卫日益活跃的网络空间所需的关键知识和技能。为此，该项目将建立在与UNR网络安全中心相关的多个学科之间的协同合作基础上。一个关键的项目成果是下一代网络安全专业人员的发展，他们可以带来跨学科的方法，将对技术，政治，法律的和行为问题的关注整合到一个实用，安全和可靠的网络空间。该项目将吸引来自不同背景的学生，特别强调招聘和留住网络安全劳动力中代表性不足的群体，如女性，第一代/低收入学生和退伍军人。通过引入多学科学者，该项目将探索独特的方法，让学生参与跨学科的网络安全教育，维持长期的研究和教育伙伴关系，并通过公益服务激励学生保护网络空间。学生不仅将参与UNR的正式网络安全课程，还将参与研究经验，并通过参与内华达州网络范围，内华达州网络俱乐部，网络竞赛，顶点研究项目以及UNR的IT和网络基础设施团队办公室获得实践技能发展。为了扩大外展活动，为招募下一代学生奠定基础，SFS学者还将被要求与项目教师团队一起参加初中/高中访问，与学校网络俱乐部合作，并为年轻的同龄人创建研讨会。该项目将通过与UNR的第一代学生服务中心，妇女进入计算机科学与工程（WiCSE）学生组织和国家妇女信息技术中心（NCWIT）合作，促进在网络安全劳动力中代表性不足的学生的参与。此外，该项目将侧重于通过与UNR的退伍军人服务合作招募退伍军人。该项目由CyberCorps（R）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，以培养一支上级网络安全人才队伍。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。