Partnership in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

该项目将网络安全概念全面整合到曼哈顿社区学院（BMCC）计算机信息系统（CIS）系的课程中。此外，该项目还为高中生提供为期八周的暑期教学项目（“桥梁”项目）；与业界合作伙伴一起安排学生实习；建立网络安全实验室；并通过面对面和在线研讨会和培训课程为大学和高中教师提供专业发展。项目团队正在创建四门课程，并重新设计其他17门课程，以便将计算机安全概念整合到学院CIS课程中的每个专业（计算机操作、计算机编程和计算机科学）中。这些课程中包含的计算机安全概念来源于CompTIA的安全+认证和国际信息系统安全认证联盟[(ISC)2]为认证信息系统安全专业人员（CISSP）和系统安全认证从业者（SSCP）认证指定的共同知识体系（CBK）指定的目标。课程中涵盖的概念也与由国家新兴技术劳动力中心（NWCET）开发的计算机安全技能标准中定义的工作能力相关联。除了重新设计CIS专业的课程外，项目团队还重新设计了一门非专业CIS课程，以提高非技术专业学生的网络安全意识。通过在现有课程的整个主题中注入网络安全概念，该项目采用了与传统安全教学不同的方法，传统安全教学在向学生介绍安全概念之前预设了一定的知识体系。这种不同的方法使具有不同学术背景的学生能够在计算机安全的背景下从事不同的活动，从而扩大了这个项目的影响。一方面，它鼓励计算机科学专业的学生对安全的基础理论进行研究，而另一方面，它提高了人们的意识，并向非cis专业的学生教授安全计算实践。该项目还包括通过暑期“桥梁”项目招收的高中生，并使毕业生能够通过与四年制大学的衔接协议继续接受教育。该项目还吸引了少数民族和妇女进入信息技术行业。超过75%的BMCC学生是非裔美国人或西班牙裔，超过三分之二的BMCC学生是女性。该学院开发了一种“协作学习模式”，在吸引和留住科学、技术和数学领域的女性和少数族裔学生方面特别有效。BMCC在该项目的合作伙伴包括路易斯D.布兰代斯高中、赫伯特H.雷曼学院、阿尔卡特公司、纽约软件工业协会、美国特勤局电子犯罪部门和纽约市地区联盟。

This project is comprehensively integrating cybersecurity concepts into the curriculum of the Computer Information Systems (CIS) Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). In addition, the project is offering an eight-week summer instructional program (a "bridge" program) for high school students; arranging internships for students in conjunction with industry partners; developing a cybersecurity laboratory; and providing professional development for college and high school faculty through in-person and online workshops and training sessions.The project team is creating four courses and redesigning seventeen other courses in order to integrate computer security concepts into each major (Computer Operations, Computer Programming, and Computer Science) in the college's CIS curriculum. The computer security concepts included in these courses are derived from objectives specified by CompTIA's Security+ certification and the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) specified by the International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium [(ISC)2] for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and System Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certifications. The concepts covered in the courses are also tied to job competencies defined in the computer security skill standards that have been developed by the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET). In addition to redesigning the curricula for CIS majors, the project team is redesigning a non-major CIS course to raise the cybersecurity awareness of students in non-technical majors.By infusing cybersecurity concepts throughout the subject matter of existing curricula, this project takes a different approach than traditional security instruction, which presupposes a certain body of knowledge prior to introducing security concepts to students. This different approach extends the impact of this project by enabling students with diverse academic backgrounds to engage in different activities within the context of computer security. At one end of the spectrum, it encourages computer science majors to do research on the underlying theories of security, while at the other end, it raises awareness and teaches secure computing practices to non-CIS majors. The project also includes high school students recruited through a summer "bridge" program, and enables graduates to continue their education through articulation agreements with four-year colleges.The project is also attracting minorities and women into information technology careers. Over 75% of BMCC's students are African American or Hispanic, and over two thirds of BMCC's students are women. The college has developed a "collaborative learning model" that has proven particularly effective in engaging and retaining female and minority students in science, technology, and mathematics fields.BMCC's partners in the project include Louis D. Brandeis High School, Herbert H. Lehman College, Alcatel Corp., the New York Software Industry Association, the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Branch, and the New York City Regional Consortium.