Education DCL: EAGER: Enhancing Cybersecurity Awareness of American Indian Farmers and Food Producers: The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska as a Case Study

随着信息技术越来越多地融入现代农场，食品和农业已成为网络犯罪分子和民族国家行为者的焦点。由于许多美国印第安农民和食品生产商直接向他们的部落出售农产品，任何影响这些农民的潜在网络安全攻击都可能对整个社区造成灾难性的粮食安全后果。该项目通过设计和实施网络安全教育和劳动力倡议，在粮食和农业行业建立更安全的劳动力队伍。该项目的创新之处是一门课程，重点是粮食和农业行业的网络安全风险和威胁，同时考虑到美洲印第安农民和粮食生产者的文化敏感材料。除了具体的课程之外，该项目更广泛的意义和重要性在于为创建和最大限度地向美洲印第安人农民和食品生产者提供网络安全教育内容制定指导方针和吸取经验教训，该项目有助于对网络安全课程开发进行越来越多的研究，并更广泛地提高农业和农业社区的网络安全意识。第一个贡献是开发了一个十模块的网络安全课程，映射到NICE网络安全劳动力框架。这些模块有助于教育和培训美国印第安农民和食品生产商有关食品和农业行业的网络安全实践，风险和威胁。该项目的第二个贡献是制定了指导方针，并从向内布拉斯加州的蓬卡部落以及内布拉斯加州和周边各州的其他美洲印第安部落提供网络安全课程中吸取了经验教训。最后，网络安全课程可供更广泛的社区使用，为农业和农业领域未来的网络安全教育计划提供基础。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。

As information technology is increasingly integrated into modern farms, the food and agriculture industry has become a focal point for cybercriminals and nation-state actors. With many American Indian farmers and food producers selling farm products directly to their tribe, any potential cybersecurity attack impacting such farmers could have disastrous food security consequences for an entire community. This project creates a more secure workforce in the food and agriculture industry through the design and delivery of a cybersecurity educational and workforce initiative. The project's novelties are a curriculum that focuses on cybersecurity risks and threats in the food and agriculture industry, which also takes into consideration culturally sensitive materials for American Indian farmers and food producers. In addition to the specific curriculum, the project's broader significance and importance are the creation of guidelines and lessons learned for creating and maximizing the delivery of cybersecurity educational content to American Indian farmers and food producers.The project contributes to the growing research on cybersecurity curriculum development and the broader improvement of cybersecurity awareness in the farming and agriculture communities. The first contribution is the development of a ten-module cybersecurity course, mapped to the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. These modules help educate and train American Indian farmers and food producers about cybersecurity practices, risks, and threats in the food and agriculture industry. The second contribution of the project is the creation of guidelines and lessons learned emerging from the delivery of the cybersecurity curriculum to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, as well as other American Indian Tribes in Nebraska and the surrounding states. Finally, the cybersecurity curriculum is available to the wider community, providing a foundation for future cybersecurity educational initiatives in the farming and agriculture domain.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.