EAGER: Cybersecurity Project

美国印第安人高等教育联盟（AIHEC）的网络安全倡议提供了全国35所经认证的部落学院和大学（TCU）所需的协调支持，资源和能力建设战略，以确保他们拥有可持续和适应性强的网络安全环境，以保护他们的机构，包括他们的数据密集型研究和教育计划。这项工作解决了数据治理、合规性、数据保护以及安全和隐私管理功能等问题。AIHEC与代表国家和区域各级组织的网络安全专业人员、网络安全服务提供商和行业专家合作，正在开发一个网络TCU网络安全实践社区（CoP）和一个网络改进社区（NIC），作为支持网络安全能力建设和可持续性的开创性方面。除了发展TCU CI/网络安全CoP和NIC外，AIHEC还建议TCU在选择提供商和合作伙伴时做出明智的决策，以支持和加强其网络安全地位并降低其风险状况。通过TCU CI/网络安全CoP分享经验和最佳做法，从而利用TCU的经验和教训。TCU的IT部门规模小，资源不足，无法评估，保护和监控暴露机构教育和研究任务的网络漏洞。这种状态使他们的整个课程，包括STEM和语言和文化保护，处于安全漏洞的风险之中。作为该计划的一部分，AIHEC正在开发共享资源，例如TCU特定的网络安全评估框架，并通过CI/网络安全CoP支持TCU虚拟首席信息安全官（vCISO）和虚拟安全运营中心（vSOC）的开发。除了创造一个更安全和更有意识的环境，这些改进将允许TCU管理，教师和工作人员增加他们对他们机构的学术和研究任务的关注。一个指导整个TCU社区全面的短期和长期网络安全态势的网络安全战略将降低TCU社区的威胁级别。AIHEC是最近由NSF资助的少数服务网络基础设施联盟（MS-CC）的成员，并将与该联盟成员密切合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium’s (AIHEC) Cybersecurity Initiative provides the coordinating support, resources, and capacity building strategies, needed by the nation’s 35 accredited Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to ensure that they have a sustainable and adaptable cybersecurity environment to protect their institutions including their data-intensive research and education programs. This effort addresses issues such as data governance, compliance, data protection, and security and privacy management capabilities. In collaboration with cybersecurity professionals representing organizations at both the national and regional levels, cybersecurity service providers, and industry experts, AIHEC is developing a networked TCU cybersecurity community of practice (CoP) and a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) as the seminal aspect of this effort to support cybersecurity capacity building and sustainability. In addition to growing a TCU CI/cybersecurity CoP and NIC, AIHEC is advising the TCUs in making informed decisions when selecting providers and partners to support and strengthening their cybersecurity position and reducing their risk profile. Experiences and best practices are shared through the TCU CI/cybersecurity CoP, thus leveraging TCU experiences and lessons learned. The TCUs have small, under-resourced IT departments too limited to assess, secure, and monitor the network vulnerabilities that expose the education and research missions of the institution. This state puts their entire curriculum, including STEM and language and culture preservation, at risk for security breaches. As part of this initiative, AIHEC is developing shared resources such as a TCU-specific cybersecurity assessment framework and supporting the development of a virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) and virtual Security Operations Center (vSOC) at a TCU through the CI/Cybersecurity CoP. In addition to creating a more secure and aware environment, these enhancements will allow TCU administration, faculty and staff to increase their focus on the academic and research missions of their institutions. A cybersecurity strategy that guides the entire TCU community in a comprehensive short and long-term, cybersecurity posture will lower the TCU community’s threat level. AIHEC is a member of the recently NSF-funded Minority Serving Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) and will be closely collaborating with consortium members in this initiative.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.