Cybersecurity Program Development

为了满足私营部门雇主和美国政府的需求，该项目旨在开发一个教育高技能和有效的网络安全技术人员的计划。这一领域不仅缺乏合格的工人，而且许多已经进入劳动力市场的人也缺乏技能。该项目的总体目标是增加劳动力队伍中合格网络安全技术人员的数量和能力。学院通过以下方式实现这一目标：1。扩大网络服务技术计划在学院提供的网络安全课程，包括18学分的网络安全证书和介绍性的网络意识和网络安全模块，这是在大学和中学的所有入门级信息技术课程中教授。2.增加网络服务技术（NST）学生群体的多样性，通过显著提升女学生的招聘和保留到这些程序。3.开发和加强从地方中学和农村职业学校到大学网络安全课程的职业途径。4.为大学教师和合作中学教师提供专业发展机会，以建立网络安全教育的能力和持续增长。智力优势：来自其他学院的可用课程和模型，其中许多是由以前的NSF赠款资助的，正在用于该项目的开发。特别是，与系统安全和信息保障中心（CSSIA）的合作努力正在为该项目提供最佳实践。这些模式正在应用于大学课程，并进行了修改，以满足学生和社区的需求。计划设计包括多个入口和出口点，以促进已经在劳动力中就业的技术人员的终身教育和职业道路。正在创建可以成功复制的新模式。在整个过程中，通过跟踪网络安全毕业生的数量，女性毕业生的数量以及从中学进入大学学分课程的学生数量来评估成功与否。更广泛的影响：该项目正在建设能力，并加强中学和大学学分课程之间的网络安全职业途径。该设计纳入了影响学院服务区两个农村县以及该地区周边县的中学生、教师和学校的因素;学院的学生和教师;社区中需要再培训或提升技能的现有劳动力成员;以及需要员工在网络安全、网络意识和网络安全方面拥有最新证书、培训和专业知识的地区雇主。留住和招聘女性的最佳做法，包括制定女性辅导方案和建立女性中学后网络安全竞赛团队，正在增加妇女对计算机和信息技术方案的参与。专业发展机会正在为中学教师和大学教师提供有效的网络安全课程做好准备，持续的专业发展机会正在维持其有效教学的货币。为了确保最广泛的接触和受益，介绍性的网络意识和网络安全模块针对一般计算机用户，并被纳入大量信息技术课程、中学，并在线向公众、雇主和其他组织提供。

To respond to the needs of both private sector employers and the U.S. government, this project is designed to develop a program to educate highly skilled and effective cybersecurity technicians. Not only is there a shortage of qualified workers in the field, but there is also a lack of skills among many of those already in the workforce. The overarching goal of the project is to increase the quantity and capacity of qualified cybersecurity technicians in the workforce. The college is accomplishing this by: 1. Expanding the cybersecurity curriculum offered by the Networking Services Technology program at the college to include an 18 credit hour cybersecurity certificate and an introductory cyber awareness and cyber safety module which is being taught in all entry-level information technology courses both at the college level and at the secondary level. 2. Increasing the diversity of the Networking Services Technology (NST) student population by significantly escalating the recruitment and retention of female students into these programs. 3. Developing and strengthening career pathways from local secondary and rural vocational schools to the cybersecurity curriculum at the college. 4. Providing professional development opportunities for college faculty and collaborating secondary school teachers for building capacity and continued growth in cybersecurity education. Intellectual Merit: Available curriculum and models from other colleges, many of which were funded by previous NSF grants, are being utilized in development of this project. In particular, a collaborative effort with the Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA) is informing the project with best practices. These models are being applied to the college programs, with modifications to meet the needs of students and the community. Program design is incorporating multiple entry and exit points to facilitate life-long educational and career pathways for technicians already employed in the workforce. New models are being created that can be successfully replicated. Throughout the process, success is being evaluated by tracking the number of cybersecurity graduates, the number of female graduates, and the number of students who articulate from secondary schools into college credit programs. Broader Impacts: The project is building capacity and strengthening career pathways in cybersecurity between secondary schools and college credit programs. The design is incorporating elements that impact secondary students, teachers, and schools in the two rural counties in the college service district as well as surrounding counties in the region; students and faculty at the college; members of the current workforce in the community who need to retrain or upgrade their skills; and regional employers who need staff with current credentials, training and expertise in cybersecurity, cyber awareness and cyber safety. Best practices for female retention and recruitment, including the development of a female mentoring program and a female post-secondary cybersecurity competition team, are increasing participation by women in computer and information technology programs. Professional development opportunities are preparing secondary teachers and college-level faculty to deliver effective cybersecurity curriculum, and continued professional development opportunities are sustaining their currency for teaching effectively. To ensure the widest exposure and benefit, introductory cyber awareness and cyber safety modules are targeting general computer users and are being integrated into a large number of information technology classes, secondary schools, and online to the general public, employers and other organizations.