Cybersecurity Workforce: Bridging the Gap in Appalachian Ohio (Cyber-Workforce)

随着网络攻击的威胁越来越大，以及保护敏感数据和信息的需要，公司依赖网络安全技术人员来保障其运营并确保业务连续性。该项目的目标是增加赞恩州立大学俄亥俄州三县服务区的熟练网络安全技术人员的数量，同时应对阿巴拉契亚俄亥俄州弱势社区面临的经济挑战。赞恩州立大学将与地区行业合作伙伴、高中、四年制学院和大学以及社区组织合作，将现有的网络安全课程与NICE网络安全框架重新调整，并创建四个证书课程。证书跟踪将以可堆叠的证书形式提供，以帮助参与者为入门级工作做好准备，同时提供专为快速进入劳动力而设计的更狭隘的证书。由此产生的计划将提供四个课程轨道：网络安全、网络管理、网络分析和网络网络。网络安全内容将包括渗透测试、项目管理、物联网、开源编程、合规性、事件响应和灾难恢复以及数字取证。项目活动包括开发和实施网络安全课程，向高中学生和教师推广，以及建立强大的网络学习社区，旨在支持非传统学生、传统高中学生和教师以及两年制大学学生和教师。该项目的主要受众是两年制的IHE教职员工和学生、农村项目参与者、退伍军人以及高中生和教师。项目评估将包括形成性和总结性询问，这些询问将提供反馈，为持续改进提供信息。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。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。

With the increasing threat of cyber-attacks and the need to protect sensitive data and information, companies rely on cybersecurity technicians to safeguard their operations and to ensure business continuity. The goal of this project is to increase the number of skilled cybersecurity technicians across Zane State's three-county Ohio service area while responding to economic challenges faced by disadvantaged communities in Appalachian Ohio. In collaboration with regional industry partners, high schools, four-year colleges and universities, and community organizations, Zane State will realign its existing cybersecurity curriculum with the NICE Cybersecurity Framework and create four certificate programs. Certificate tracks will be offered in stackable credentials to prepare participants for entry level jobs while offering more narrowly focused certificates designed for rapid workforce entry. The resulting program will offer four curriculum tracks: Cyber Security, Cyber Management, Cyber Analytics, and Cyber Networking. Cybersecurity content will include penetration testing, project management, IoT, open-source programming, compliance, incident response and disaster recovery, and digital forensics. Project activities include the development and implementation of a cybersecurity curriculum, outreach to high school students and teachers, and the establishment of robust cyber learning communities designed to support nontraditional students, traditional high school students and faculty, and two-year college students and faculty. The project's primary audiences are two-year IHE faculty and students, rural project participants, veterans, and high school students and teachers. Project evaluation will include formative and summative inquiries that will provide feedback to inform continuous improvement. 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.