Catalyst Project: Increasing Access and Inclusiveness in Cybersecurity through Lab Experiences

催化剂项目：通过实验室经验增加网络安全的可及性和包容性

• 批准号: 2205536
• 负责人: James Brown
• 金额: $ 19.98万
• 依托单位: Shaw University
• 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 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2205536&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catalyst; Project; Increasing; Access; Inclusiveness

Catalyst Projects provide support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to work towards establishing research capacity of faculty to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate education and research. It is expected that the award will further the faculty member's research capability, improve research and teaching at the institution, and involve undergraduate students in research experiences. Shaw University seeks to establish a dedicated Cyber Operations Lab on campus. The lab will consist of workstations capable of hosting virtualized environments where students can engage in simulated cyber operations, such as, red-team/blue-team exercises, vulnerability assessments, capture-the-flag-competitions, etc. The lab will also provide students a secure and isolated environment to practice skills which should not be exercised in public domains, such as vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.The Cyber Operations Lab will support the Cyber Operations 12-course concentration of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree at Shaw University. The Cyber Operations concentration provide students with a foundation in programming, data structures, networks, security policy and risk, virtualization, malware analysis, and ethical hacking. A physical lab is required for students to learn those skills on actual hardware and software they can expect to encounter in their future cybersecurity roles. Accordingly, this project will support the establishment of a lab with hardware capable of running multiple virtual machines with isolated network environments and software, such as Packet Tracer, WireShark, Process Hacker, and ProcDot, to conduct network and malware analysis. In addition, the Cyber Operations Lab will be used to offer cybersecurity-related events for high school students to increase interest and build a pipeline for them to enter the workforce through Shaw University. Finally, the Cyber Operations Lab will house the Cy(Bear)security Research Group which is focused on Internet of Things intrusion detection using Artificial Immune Systems and Deep Neural Network for dynamic network monitoring and medical device penetration testing to identify any vulnerabilities or weaknesses. This project will give students the opportunity to learn desirable skills in cybersecurity and help to close the minority representation gap that exists in the STEM workforce.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.

催化剂项目为历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）提供支持，致力于建立教师的研究能力，以加强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）本科教育和研究。预计该奖项将进一步提高教师的研究能力，改善研究和教学机构，并参与本科生的研究经验。逸夫大学寻求在校园内建立一个专门的网络操作实验室。该实验室将包括能够托管虚拟化环境的工作站，学生可以在其中参与模拟网络操作，例如红队/蓝队演习，漏洞评估，夺旗比赛等。该实验室还将为学生提供一个安全和隔离的环境，以练习不应该在公共领域练习的技能，如漏洞扫描和渗透测试。网络操作实验室将支持网络操作12门课程的集中在计算机科学学士学位在逸夫大学。网络运营集中为学生提供编程，数据结构，网络，安全政策和风险，虚拟化，恶意软件分析和道德黑客的基础。学生需要一个物理实验室来学习他们在未来的网络安全角色中可能遇到的实际硬件和软件上的技能。因此，该项目将支持建立一个实验室，其硬件能够运行多个虚拟机，并具有隔离的网络环境和软件，如Packet Tracer，WireShark，Process Hacker和ProcDot，以进行网络和恶意软件分析。此外，网络运营实验室将用于为高中生提供与网络安全相关的活动，以提高他们的兴趣，并为他们通过邵氏大学进入劳动力市场建立管道。最后，网络运营实验室将容纳Cy（Bear）安全研究小组，该小组专注于使用人工免疫系统和深度神经网络进行动态网络监控和医疗设备渗透测试以识别任何漏洞或弱点的物联网入侵检测。该项目将为学生提供学习网络安全方面所需技能的机会，并有助于缩小STEM劳动力中存在的少数代表性差距。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。