Cybersecurity Enhancement and Expansion Program for Information Technology Programs at the College of Central Florida

中佛罗里达学院信息技术项目的网络安全增强和扩展计划

• 批准号: 2302242
• 负责人: Amy Osborne
• 金额: $ 30.21万
• 依托单位: College of Central Florida
• 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=2302242&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cybersecurity; Enhancement; Expansion; Program; Information

The growing need for cybersecurity professionals is well documented. The Florida state legislature created “The Florida Center for Cybersecurity,” also known as “Cyber Florida,” in 2014 with the “vision of making Florida the most cyber-secure state in the nation.” To support this initiative and to increase the number of cybersecurity professionals in the region, the College of Central Florida (CF) will develop a new College Credit Certificate (CCC) focused on cybersecurity with a pathway into the workforce via industry partnerships and co-ops/internships. The project will implement outreach activities that target high school and community college students, adult students, and the larger community. The goal of the project is to address the increasing demand for a qualified cybersecurity workforce in the region by expanding CF’s capacity to attract, retain and successfully certify an increased number of students. The lessons learned from this project will contribute valuable empirical data on associate-level cybersecurity education and workforce training and will be disseminated to the education community.The proposed project will accomplish the following objectives: (1) Develop a new CCC with a focus on cybersecurity; (2) Increase the number and diversity of students enrolled in cybersecurity and IT programs and certificates; and (3) Increase the number of students who complete Cybersecurity /IT programs, and pass industry certifications. Local employers and the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center (NCyTE) will guide the development of the new cybersecurity CCC. The project will examine whether offering a financial aid-eligible 30-credit hour CCC focused specifically on cybersecurity makes a difference in the number and gender of students it attracts. The new course curricula and materials as well as insights generated by the project implementation will be shared with other institutions across the country via CF website, Cyber Florida, and the NCyTE Center. 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.

对网络安全专业人员的需求日益增长。佛罗里达州立法机关在2014年创建了“佛罗里达网络安全中心”，也称为“网络佛罗里达”，其愿景是“使佛罗里达州成为全国最多的网络安全状态”。为了支持这项倡议并增加该地区的网络安全专业人员的数量，佛罗里达州中部学院（CF）将开发新的大学信用证书（CCC），专注于网络安全，并通过行业合作伙伴和合作社/实习机会进入劳动力。该项目将实施针对高中和社区大学生，成人学生和更大社区的外展活动。该项目的目的是通过扩大CF吸引，保留和成功证明更多学生的能力来解决该地区对合格网络安全劳动力的需求不断增长。从该项目中学到的经验教训将为副级网络安全教育和劳动力培训提供宝贵的经验数据，并将被传播到教育社区。拟议的项目将完成以下对象：（1）开发新的CCC，重点关注网络安全； （2）增加参加网络安全及IT计划和证书的学生的数量和多样性； （3）增加完成网络安全 /IT计划并通过行业认证的学生人数。当地员工和国家网络安全培训与教育中心（NCYTE）将指导新的网络安全CCC的开发。该项目将研究提供专门针对网络安全的30个学分小时CCC是否会改变其吸引的学生的数量和性别。项目实施的新课程课程和材料以及材料将通过CF网站，网络佛罗里达州和NCYTE中心与全国其他机构共享。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术人员教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估评估标准来通过评估来获得的支持。