Planning Grant for a New England Regional Center for Information Systems Security Education

这项计划拨款为建立一个区域信息系统安全（ISS）教育中心奠定了基础，该中心将服务于康涅狄格州、马萨诸塞州和其他新英格兰州。项目活动包括：(1)组建以学术改革、专业发展和能力建设为重点的董事会、项目策划团队和三个工作委员会；(2)对新英格兰地区ISS领域进行全面的劳动力评估；(3)使计划课程与国家新兴技术劳动力中心正在制定的国家网络安全教育标准保持一致；(4)在康涅狄格州东南部和马萨诸塞州西北部的中学和高等教育机构中加强和支持两项“无缝”国际空间站路径试点；(5)探索在线和远程学习策略，新的证书选择，以及新英格兰院校之间的教师交流；（六）与工商、经济发展协会和其他研究、教育机构共同规划中心的发展。该项目建立在诺沃克社区学院计算机安全和数据保障创新副学士学位课程的基础上，该课程也得到了先进技术教育计划（NSF奖励号0201873）的支持。该计划拨款项目正在审查诺沃克社区学院的课程和其他课程，以确定该中心在设计项目时应该追求的主题、课程、课程和方法，以满足该地区在网络安全方面的教育需求。教育机构、信息系统公司、国防和金融服务公司、经济发展协会和研究机构正在这个计划资助项目中进行合作。合作伙伴包括西康涅狄格州立大学、康涅狄格州社区学院系统、诺沃克社区学院、斯普林菲尔德技术和社区学院、新罕布什尔社区技术学院-柏林/拉科尼亚、霍利奥克社区学院、科德角社区学院、马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校、马萨诸塞互助金融集团、电船、德勤、灰狼技术、康涅狄格州劳动力竞争力办公室、新英格兰高等教育委员会和地区学区。

This planning grant is laying the groundwork for a regional center for information systems security (ISS) education to serve Connecticut, Massachusetts, and other New England states. Activities in the project include: (1) forming a board of directors, a project planning team, and three working committees focusing on academic reform, professional development, and capacity building; (2) conducting a comprehensive workforce assessment for the ISS field in New England; (3) aligning planned curricula with the national cybersecurity education standards being developed by the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies; (4) enhancing and supporting two pilot "seamless" ISS pathways among secondary and postsecondary educational institutions in southeastern Connecticut and northwestern Massachusetts; (5) exploring online and distance learning strategies, new certificate options, and faculty exchanges among institutions in New England; and (6) involving business and industry, economic development associations, and other research and educational institutions in planning for the center's development.This project builds on an innovative associate degree program in computer security and data assurance based at Norwalk Community College, which has also been developed with support from the Advanced Technological Education program (NSF Award No. 0201873). The planning-grant project is examining the Norwalk Community College curriculum and others to determine topics, courses, curricula, and approaches that the center should pursue as it designs programs to serve the region's educational needs in cybersecurity.Educational institutions, information systems companies, defense and financial services companies, economic development associations, and research institutes are collaborating in this planning-grant project. The partners include Western Connecticut State University, the Connecticut Community College System, Norwalk Community College, Springfield Technical and Community College, New Hampshire Community Technical College-Berlin/Laconia, Holyoke Community College, Cape Cod Community College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Mass Mutual Financial Group, Electric Boat, Deloitte and Touche, Greywolf Technologies, the Connecticut Office for Workforce Competitiveness, the New England Board of Higher Education, and regional school districts.