A Collaborative Cybersecurity Analysis Certification Program

协作网络安全分析认证计划

• 批准号: 2202092
• 负责人: Adam Beatty
• 金额: $ 21.62万
• 依托单位: University of Charleston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2202092&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Cybersecurity; Analysis; Certification; Program

To meet workforce demands crucial to the Nation’s security and sustained economic development, this project will develop an educational and career pipeline for the regional and national cybersecurity workforce. Three West Virginia educational institutions: BridgeValley Community and Technical College, the Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, and the University of Charleston, will work together to develop and launch a four-course, two-semester Security Analysis (SA) Certificate program. The program will be offered virtually and in-person and will target veterans, military-connected adult learners, and high school students from West Virginia’s rural and economically depressed southern counties. The goals of the project include: (1) building a sustainable educational and career pipeline for critically needed cyber specialists, and (2) growing a capable and trained workforce of cyber specialists with security abilities and skills vital to national security within West Virginia and across the country. The three institutions share relationships with regional hiring organizations and have been independently attentive to industry workforce needs. Combining efforts and streamlining recruiting and co-curricular activities will improve each institution’s cybersecurity and information technology academic offerings, and will create a pipeline across state, regional, and national sectors. In addition to the ATE community, the project team will share best practices and outcomes across technical, industrial, and military networks. The project team will work with the state’s First2 Network, an NSF INCLUDES program focused on increasing STEM academic offerings to first-generation students, and TechConnect West Virginia, a statewide organization promoting innovative research and workforce growth by partnering with businesses and regional stakeholders. Evaluation of the project consists of a constructive and collaborative adaptation of the “Input, Outputs, and Outcome” model. The evaluation will provide an outside, independent perspective on the effectiveness of the project and SA Certificate program. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.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.

为了满足对国家安全和可持续经济发展至关重要的劳动力需求，该项目将为地区和国家网络安全劳动力开发一条教育和职业管道。西弗吉尼亚州的三所教育机构：桥谷社区和技术学院、西弗吉尼亚南部社区和技术学院和查尔斯顿大学将合作开发和推出一个四门课程、两个学期的安全分析(SA)证书课程。该项目将以虚拟和面对面的形式提供，面向退伍军人、与军方有联系的成人学习者，以及来自西弗吉尼亚州农村和经济不景气的南部县的高中生。该项目的目标包括：(1)为急需的网络专家建立可持续的教育和职业渠道，以及(2)培养一支有能力和训练有素的网络专家队伍，他们具有对西弗吉尼亚州和全国国家安全至关重要的安全能力和技能。这三家机构与地区招聘组织有共同的关系，并一直独立关注行业劳动力需求。联合努力，精简招生和联合课程活动，将改善每家机构的网络安全和信息技术学术课程，并将创建一个横跨州、地区和国家部门的渠道。除ATE社区外，项目团队还将在技术、工业和军事网络中分享最佳实践和成果。项目团队将与该州的First2 Network和TechConnect West弗吉尼亚州合作，前者是NSF的一个项目，专注于增加对第一代学生的STEM学术课程，后者是一个全州范围的组织，通过与企业和地区利益相关者的合作来促进创新研究和劳动力增长。对该项目的评估包括对“投入、产出和成果”模式的建设性和协作性调整。评估将为项目和SA证书计划的有效性提供一个外部的、独立的视角。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。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。