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

教育 DCL：EAGER：增强美洲印第安农民和食品生产者的网络安全意识：以内布拉斯加州庞卡部落为例

• 批准号: 2335812
• 负责人: George Grispos
• 金额: $ 11.64万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska at Omaha
• 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 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2335812&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Education; DCL; EAGER; Enhancing; Cybersecurity

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.

随着信息技术越来越多地融入现代农场，食品和农业行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人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给整个社区带来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，在粮食和农业行业创造了一支更安全的劳动力队伍。该项目的创新之处在于，该课程侧重于食品和农业行业的网络安全风险和威胁，还考虑了面向美国印第安人农民和食品生产商的文化敏感材料。除了具体的课程，该项目的更广泛的意义和重要性是创建指导方针和经验教训，以创建和最大限度地向美国印第安人农民和食品生产者提供网络安全教育内容。该项目有助于不断增长的网络安全课程开发研究，并在农业和农业社区更广泛地提高网络安全意识。第一个贡献是开发一个包含十个模块的网络安全课程，映射到NICE网络安全劳动力框架。这些模块帮助教育和培训美国印第安人农民和食品生产商，了解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和在向内布拉斯加州的庞卡部落以及内布拉斯加州和周边各州的其他美洲印第安人部落提供网络安全课程时吸取的经验教训。最后，网络安全课程面向更广泛的社区，为未来农业和农业领域的网络安全教育倡议奠定了基础。该奖项反映了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。