Faculty, Curriculum and Lab Exercise Capacity Building Partnership

传统的计算机科学课程从理论的角度解决信息保障问题；然而，这个教师发展项目正在调整和实施信息技术课程，为教育工作者本身和间接地为他们的学生提供应用方法。2005年夏天，罗切斯特理工学院(RIT)网络、安全和系统管理系(NSSA)的教员为少数族裔服务机构(MSI)举办了为期三天的安全和取证试点研讨会。RIT提供了课程材料，旨在通过动手实验室经验培养教师在计算机和网络安全以及取证方面的专业知识。在试点研讨会取得成功的基础上，该项目正在开发一个为期两周的延长夏季研讨会，并在学年期间通过现场访问和在线协作提供持续支持，与三家合作的少数族裔服务机构的教师分享NSSA教师在网络和系统安全和取证方面的知识和应用技术专业知识：德克萨斯农工大学Corpus Christi、汉普顿大学和奥克伍德学院。这一多所大学的努力也正在通过教师合作创造一个共享知识和资源的环境，这种环境将持续到未来。这种持续的伙伴关系使参与机构能够通过分享课程材料和专业知识，对未来的安保工作人员产生更广泛的影响。MSI的参与使RIT能够积极参与国家努力，招收和留住来自人数不足的群体的学生，以便在IA接受研究生教育。

Traditional Computer Science programs address Information Assurance from a theoretical perspective; however, this faculty development project is adapting and implementing IA curricula with an applied approach for the educators themselves, and indirectly to their students. During the summer of 2005 the faculty of the Department of Networking, Security and Systems Administration (NSSA) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) hosted a three-day pilot Security and Forensics Workshop for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). RIT delivered curricular materials on topics aimed at cultivating faculty expertise in computer and network security and forensics through hands-on lab experiences. Building on the success of the pilot workshop, this project is developing an extended two-week summer workshop paired with ongoing support through site visits and online collaboration during the academic year to share NSSA faculty knowledge and applied technical expertise in network and systems security and forensics with the faculty at three partnering minority serving institutions: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Hampton University and Oakwood College. This multi-university effort also is creating an environment of shared knowledge and resources through faculty collaboration that will continue into the future. The continuing partnership enables the participating institutions to make a broader impact on the future security workforce through the sharing of curricular materials and professional expertise. The participation of the MSIs allows RIT to actively participate in national efforts to recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups for graduate level education in IA.