Education DCL: EAGER: Developing Sector-specific Cybersecurity Training Programs: What are the Benefits to Students and Employers?

医疗机构非常需要一支训练有素的网络安全队伍。医疗保健行业继续经历大量的网络攻击和数据泄露，医疗保健组织通过加强网络安全计划来应对，但它们继续面临重大挑战，其中最大的挑战是缺乏网络安全人员。纽约市拥有一支强大的、高薪的科技劳动力队伍，占该市总就业岗位的7%。预计该地区的网络安全工作岗位将大幅增长。到目前为止，非裔美国人、拉丁裔和女性在纽约市科技劳动力中的比例一直偏低。该项目团队正在创建一支训练有素、多样化的工作人员管道，为医疗保健领域的一线网络安全工作做准备。该项目团队正在利用部门合作模式，将学院现有的网络安全培训计划与医疗保健相结合。行业合作伙伴关系是将行业内的多个雇主聚集在一起，与社区大学、学校、劳工、劳动力机构、社区组织和其他社区利益相关者合作，使培训与该行业发展和竞争所需的技能相一致的地区性协作。与其他形式的劳动力发展相比，部门伙伴关系带来了更好的结果。该项目团队正在以如何指导的形式记录他们的网络安全部门方法，并与其他当地大学合作，将他们的网络安全培训计划与其他部门联系起来，如小企业部门、非营利部门、地方政府部门等。由于NIST网络安全框架，已经做了大量工作来按任务区分网络安全工作人员。该项目正在按行业增加劳动力专业化的第二层。这种专门的、以行业为基础的培训确保当地雇主能够接触到他们需要的网络安全人才。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。

Healthcare organizations have a great need for a well-trained cybersecurity workforce. The healthcare industry continues to experience high numbers of cyberattacks and data breaches and healthcare organizations have responded by strengthening their cybersecurity programs, but they continue to face significant challenges, the biggest of which is a lack of cybersecurity staff. New York City has a robust, high-paying tech workforce accounting for 7% of the total jobs in the City. Cybersecurity jobs are expected to grow significantly in the area. Thus far, African Americans, Latinos, and women have been underrepresented in the NYC tech workforce. The project team is creating a pipeline of well-trained, diverse workers prepared for frontline cybersecurity jobs in healthcare.The project team is utilizing a sectoral partnership model to contextualize the College's existing cybersecurity training program to healthcare. Sector partnerships are regional collaboratives that bring together multiple employers within an industry to collaborate with community colleges, schools, labor, workforce agencies, community organizations, and other community stakeholders to align training with the skills needed for that industry to grow and compete. Sector partnerships have resulted in improved outcomes when compared to other forms of workforce development. The project team is documenting their cybersecurity sectoral approach in form of a how-to guide and is partnering with other local colleges to contextualize their cybersecurity training programs to other sectors such as the small business sector, non-profit sector, local government sector, and more. Thanks to the NIST cybersecurity framework, much work has already been done to differentiate the cybersecurity workforce by task. This project is adding a secondary layer of workforce specialization by industry. This specialized, sector-based training ensures that local employers have access to the cybersecurity talent they need. It also ensures that underrepresented populations have access to in-demand and lucrative cybersecurity careers.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.