SaTC: EDU: Collaborative: Bolstering UAV Cybersecurity Education through Curriculum Development with Hands-on Laboratory Framework

无人机(UAV)的惊人发展正在释放越来越多的民用和军用应用。与此同时，人们对无人机提出了严重的网络安全担忧，在这种情况下，无人机被确定为网络攻击的目标或恶意行为者的潜在攻击媒介。该项目寻求通过开发课程材料和动手实验室平台来改进无人机和网络安全教育。具体地说，这将包括开发1)一套连贯的课程模块，系统地涵盖无人机网络安全主题；2)无人机网络安全实验室平台，提供一系列练习模块，并且可以轻松部署；3)开放和协作的无人机网络安全知识库，供教育工作者、学生和研究人员讨论、协作、贡献和分享；以及4)无人机网络安全教育的教师发展夏季研讨会。该项目是第一个提供教育材料的项目，包括系统地提供无人机网络安全动手实验室。拟议项目的智力价值在于它开发了新颖、有效和引人入胜的无人机网络安全课程模块。交付成果包括低成本的半实物(HIL)无人机实验套件；使用该工具包的集成开发环境(IDE)；涵盖硬件安全、通信安全、网络安全和数据安全的多个动手实验室。调查人员将培养意识和能力，以应对一系列动态和快速发展的网络威胁，特别是新兴无人机应用中的网络威胁。这一奖项反映了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。

The striking development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, is unleashing the increasing application in civilian and military scenarios. At the same time, serious cybersecurity concerns have been raised about UAVs, wherein they are identified as targets of cyber-attacks or potential attack vectors for malicious actors. This project seeks to improve UAV and cybersecurity education through the development of curriculum materials and hands-on laboratory platform. Specifically, this will include the development of 1) a set of cohesive course modules that systematically cover UAV cybersecurity topics; 2) a UAV cybersecurity laboratory platform that provides a series of exercise modules and can be easily deployed; 3) an open and collaborative UAV cybersecurity repository for educators, students, and researchers to discuss, collaborate, contribute, and share; and 4) faculty development summer workshops for UAV cybersecurity education. This project is the first to provide education materials, including hands-on labs on UAV cybersecurity systematically. The intellectual merit of the proposed project lies in its development of the novel, effective, and engaging course modules on UAV cybersecurity. The deliverables include a low-cost hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) UAV experimental kit; the integrated development environment (IDE) to use the tool kits; multiple hands-on labs covering the hardware security, communication security, network security, and data security. The investigators will build awareness and competence to respond to a dynamic and rapidly developing array of cyber threats, especially those in the emerging UAV applications.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.