The Hostos Technical Education in Cybersecurity (H-TEC) Project

Hostos 网络安全技术教育 (H-TEC) 项目

• 批准号: 2300457
• 负责人: Nieves Angulo
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: CUNY Hostos Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2300457&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Hostos; Technical; Education; Cybersecurity; TEC

This project aims to serve the national interest by producing more qualified technicians to meet workforce demands in cybersecurity. Keeping computers and information systems secure is a critical need and a major challenge in business, industry, and government. The growth of cyber-threats has created a need for many more workers who have the knowledge and skills to protect both existing and emerging technologies. To meet the need for well-trained, certified cybersecurity technicians in the New York City area, the Hostos Technical Education in Cybersecurity (H-TEC) project will create an online cybersecurity program leading to industry certifications aligned with federal standards. This innovative curriculum will take a holistic approach, incorporating peer mentoring, regulatory compliance, a law enforcement perspective, and experiential and project-based learning. Because the project is based at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with a supermajority of minority students, it also has potential to increase the diversity of the cybersecurity workforce while improving social mobility for the students.The project has two goals: (1) Develop an online, state-of-the-art cybersecurity program, which includes modules that lead to industry certifications and integrate concepts of regulatory and law enforcement compliance and the development of communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. (2) Build a pipeline from neighboring high schools and the college's Continuing Education and Workforce Division to recruit minority students into the program and help diversify the cybersecurity workforce in the New York City area. Seven key activities will frame the project team's efforts. First, is to develop seven online cybersecurity courses that make use of existing high-quality materials and resources available through the ATE centers for cybersecurity education. Second, is to create four learning modules, in collaboration with industry partners, to teach content and hands-on skills that lead to industry certifications. Third, is to embed experiential learning and project-based learning into the new cybersecurity courses in collaboration with industry partners. Fourth and fifth, entail offering workshops on the new courses and modules to faculty and peer leaders and offering workshops and informational sessions to guidance counselors at local high schools, high school juniors and seniors, students just entering the college, and the college's Career Services Office staff. Sixth, is leveraging the well-established Proyecto Access program, which provides year-round enrichment courses, tutorial services, and project-based learning to high-achieving yet economically disadvantaged high school students in STEM disciplines. Seventh, and finally, is to create a pathway to the cybersecurity program for incumbent workers by awarding credit for prior learning to Continuing Education students who complete the CompTIA A+ certification. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, which 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.

该项目旨在通过培养更多合格的技术人员来满足网络安全方面的劳动力需求，从而为国家利益服务。保持计算机和信息系统的安全是企业、工业和政府的一项关键需求和重大挑战。网络威胁的增长创造了对更多拥有知识和技能的工人的需求，以保护现有和新兴技术。为了满足纽约市地区对训练有素、经过认证的网络安全技术人员的需求，H-TEC项目将创建一个在线网络安全计划，以获得符合联邦标准的行业认证。这种创新的课程将采取整体的方法，包括同行指导，监管合规，执法的角度来看，以及经验和基于项目的学习。由于该项目是基于西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）与绝大多数少数民族学生，它也有可能增加网络安全劳动力的多样性，同时提高学生的社会流动性。该项目有两个目标：（1）制定一个在线的、最先进的网络安全计划，其中包括导致行业认证的模块，并整合了监管和执法合规的概念，以及沟通，批判性思维和解决问题技能的发展。(2)从邻近的高中和学院的继续教育和劳动力部门建立一个管道，招募少数族裔学生加入该计划，并帮助实现纽约市地区网络安全劳动力的多元化。七项关键活动将构成项目小组工作的框架。首先，开发七个在线网络安全课程，利用ATE网络安全教育中心现有的高质量材料和资源。第二，是与行业合作伙伴合作创建四个学习模块，以教授导致行业认证的内容和实践技能。第三，与行业合作伙伴合作，将体验式学习和基于项目的学习嵌入新的网络安全课程。第四和第五，需要提供研讨会上的新课程和模块的教师和同行领导人，并提供研讨会和信息会议，以指导顾问在当地高中，高中三年级和四年级，学生刚刚进入大学，和学院的职业服务办公室的工作人员。第六，利用完善的Proyecto Access计划，该计划为STEM学科中成绩优异但经济上处于不利地位的高中生提供全年的充实课程，辅导服务和基于项目的学习。第七，也是最后一点，是通过向完成CompTIA A+认证的继续教育学生授予先前学习的学分，为在职工人创建一条通往网络安全计划的途径。该项目由先进技术教育（ATE）计划资助，该计划的重点是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价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。