PISCES 2023 - Partnership in Securing Cyberspace Through Education and Service (Renewal)

自2003年以来，乔治华盛顿大学的“通过教育和服务确保网络空间安全伙伴关系”（PISCES）项目培养了88名联邦政府雇员，并通过“网络军团：服务奖学金”（SFS）项目为17名学者提供了支持。GWU的这个项目提议继续为另外24名来自不同背景的学生提供网络安全教育机会，成为网络安全专业人员，帮助保护我们国家信息基础设施的安全。这将通过将奖学金支持、计算机安全和信息保障方面的大学课程、实习、实验室和政府服务与统一和强化的研讨会相结合来实现，该研讨会将为学生在未来的网络安全政府职位上取得成功做好知识、观点和专业知识的准备。乔治华盛顿大学将把来自不同学院（如工程、法律、国际事务、艺术和科学）的学生运用到这个网络安全项目中。华盛顿大学SFS的学者将根据自己的学习项目，在自己的院系内外学习与网络安全相关的课程。一个独特的研讨会课程和每周的会议将把所有的学生聚集在一起，并提供机会从不同的角度（例如，技术，法律，政策，商业，法医学，国家安全研究）检查一系列安全问题，从而提供了一个交叉培训和扩大他们的专业知识广度的机会。学者将从三个学术途径聚集：从社区大学过渡的学生，从一开始就注册四年制大学的学生，以及寻求硕士学位的职业转换者。这将丰富每个群体的多样性，并扩大参与范围，为更多有兴趣和合格的候选人提供政府网络安全职位。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Since 2003, the George Washington University's (GWU) Partnership in Securing Cyberspace through Education and Service (PISCES) program has produced 88 federal government employees and supported 17 more scholars through the CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. This project from the GWU proposes to continue to provide cybersecurity education opportunities for an additional 24 students from diverse backgrounds, to become cybersecurity professionals and help protect the safety and security of our nation's information infrastructure. This will be achieved by combining scholarship support, university courses in computer security and information assurance, internships, laboratories, and government service, with a unifying and reinforcing seminar that prepares students with the knowledge, perspective, and expertise to succeed in their future cybersecurity government positions.GW will apply its multidisciplinary approach to this cybersecurity project, by bringing students from a variety of schools (e.g., Engineering, Law, International Affairs, Arts and Sciences). GW SFS scholars will take cybersecurity-related courses in and outside their home departments as appropriate for their individual program of study. A unique seminar course and weekly meetings will bring all the students together in a cohort and provide opportunities to examine a range of security issues from various points of view (e.g., technical, legal, policy, business, forensics, national security studies), thus providing an opportunity for cross-training and expanding the breadth of their expertise. Scholars will be assembled from three academic pathways: students who transition from community colleges, students who enroll in a 4-year institution from the start, and career changers seeking a master's degree. This will enrich the diversity of each cohort and broaden participation for a wider pool of interested and qualified candidates looking to serve in cybersecurity positions with the government.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.