Collaborative Project: Building Cybersecurity Capacity by Means of a National High School Digital Forensics Challenge

这是一个由纽约理工大学(美国国家科学基金会奖编号1129459)和纽约市立大学纽约理工大学(国家科学基金会奖编号1128869)共同参与的合作项目。该项目旨在吸引高中生参与与网络安全相关的活动，并激励他们在这一重要领域继续深造。该项目正在创建一项全国性的高中取证挑战，吸引了数千名学生获得学习和工作安全相关问题的第一手经验。为了帮助学生参与者，该项目正在培训一支高中教师队伍，以指导和指导参加挑战的团队，从而促进将网络安全主题纳入高中课程。该项目还为高中生创建了一个网络资源门户，以促进他们参与网络安全领域的自学活动。该项目的评价部分旨在回答与影响有关的更困难的问题。也就是说，创建竞赛是否会导致更多的学生在STEM学科接受高等教育？它能激发创造性思维吗？它是否扩大了参与度？参加网络安全竞赛是否会提高学生对网络安全、计算机科学、数学和科学的兴趣？参赛者在大学参加计算机科学课程的比例是否高于他们的同龄人？该项目包括与一家少数族裔服务机构合作，以增加女性和少数族裔的参与。该项目专门招募10名女性和少数族裔教师参加暑期新兵训练营，并邀请10组女性和少数族裔教师及其学生参加网络安全意识周(CSAW)颁奖仪式。这两项活动有助于形成个人、教育和职业联系的网络；为年轻学生提供榜样；并导致富有成效的指导关系和研究。

This is a collaborative project involving the Polytechnic University of New York (NSF Award No. 1129459) and CUNY New York City College of Technology (NSF Award No. 1128869).This SFS Capacity Building project is engaging high school students in cybersecurity-related activities and inspiring them to pursue higher studies in this important area. The project is creating a nationwide high school forensics challenge, which attracts thousands of students to get first-hand experience learning and working on security-related issues. In order to help the student participants, the project is training a cadre of high school teachers to mentor and coach teams that take part in the challenge and thereby to facilitate the integration of cybersecurity topics into high school curricula. The project is also creating a portal of Web resources for high school students, to facilitate their engagement in self-learning activities in the area of cybersecurity. The evaluation component of the project aims to answer the more difficult questions related to impact. Namely, does the creation of a contest lead to an increased number of students pursuing higher education in STEM disciplines? Does it stimulate creative thinking? Does it broaden participation? Does participation in a cybersecurity competition enhance students' interest in cybersecurity, computer science, math, and science? Do competition participants enroll in computer science programs at college in higher proportion than their peers?The project includes collaboration with a minority serving institution in order to increase the participation of women and minorities. The project is specifically recruiting 10 women and minority teachers to attend the summer boot camp and is inviting 10 groups of women and minority teachers and their students to attend the Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) award ceremony. These two activities contribute to the formation of a network of personal, educational, and professional ties; provide young students with role models; and lead to fruitful mentoring relationships and research.