CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service at Towson University

陶森大学（TU）是16个国家网络运营学术卓越中心之一，建议继续并扩大其在CyberCorps（R）服务奖学金（SFS）计划中的参与，以准备高素质的网络安全专业人员进入政府工作队伍。该项目将为多样化的学生群体提供奖学金，并通过在课堂外提供沉浸式体验式网络安全活动，提高所有学生的网络安全意识。迄今为止，在TU的SFS计划提供奖学金，以26名学生与实习和研究生安置的SFS学生的100%成功率。该项目将通过培养具有强大技术技能的网络安全专业人员，对联邦劳动力的信息保证和取证能力产生直接影响。它还将与巴尔的摩县社区学院（CCBC）建立和评估网络安全教育途径，通过早期指导和建议支持社区学院的学生。这种合作为从传统上在计算领域代表性不足的人群中招募学生提供了机会。该项目将开发课堂外的网络安全机会，以引起更广泛的学生群体对网络安全领域的兴趣。SFS学生就读于本科计算机科学学位，具有ABET认证的专业安全轨道。除了理论和数学基础，学生还学习编程，密码学，网络安全，软件安全，逆向工程和恶意软件分析等课程。在一个顶点课程，计算机安全案例研究，学生被分成小组，逐步建立更复杂的商业网络。在实弹演习中，每个团队都试图保护自己的网络，同时试图攻击其他团队的网络。

Towson University (TU), one of the sixteen National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, proposes to continue and expand its participation in the CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to prepare highly-qualified cybersecurity professionals for entry into the government workforce. The project will provide scholarships to a diverse student population and increase cybersecurity awareness among all students by offering immersive experiential cybersecurity activities outside the classroom. To date, the SFS program at TU has provided scholarships to twenty-six students with a 100% success rate with internship and postgraduate placement of the SFS students. The project will have an immediate impact on the information assurance and forensics capabilities of the Federal workforce by developing cybersecurity professionals with strong technical skills. It will also establish and assess a pathway in cybersecurity education with the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) to support community college students through early mentoring and advising. This collaboration provides an opportunity for recruiting students from populations traditionally underrepresented in computing. The project will develop out-of-classroom cybersecurity opportunities to generate interest among broader student populations in the cybersecurity field. SFS students are enrolled in an undergraduate Computer Science degree with a specialized Security Track which is accredited by ABET. In addition to the theoretical and mathematical foundation, students take courses in programming, cryptography, network security, software security, reverse engineering and malware analysis. In a capstone course, Case Studies in Computer Security, students are divided into teams to build progressively more sophisticated business networks. During live fire exercises, each team attempts to defend their network while trying to attack the networks of other teams.