CyberWatch West Resource Center

保持计算机和信息系统的安全是一项严峻的挑战。企业、工业和政府需要准备充分的技术人员，他们可以预防、检测和调查网络安全漏洞。 网络威胁的增长创造了对更多拥有网络安全知识和技能的工人的需求。为了应对教育和劳动力发展方面的这一国家挑战，CyberWatch West资源中心将协助全国各地的大学开发和改进网络安全教育计划。这个先进技术教育（ATE）资源中心将建立在CyberWatch West ATE区域中心奠定的基础上（NSF奖DUE-1104278，DUE-1361636和DUE-1500375），社区学院（C5）项目的催化计算和网络安全（NSF奖DGE-1548315），美国国家安全局/国土安全部的“网络防御国家资源中心学术卓越中心”（CNRC）在Whatcom社区学院。CyberWatch西部资源中心将支持那些希望发展或加强其网络安全教育计划的大学，并通过四个相互关联的努力加强网络安全人才队伍：（1）通过对两年制和四年制机构的导师-学员培训，扩大对网络防御国家资源中心计划学术卓越中心的参与。这项工作将直接补充美国国家安全局资助的Whatcom社区学院的CNRC。(2)通过在线知识库，编目和传播加强高等教育网络安全课程和课程的资源，包括在以前的国家基金会资助的项目下开发的教学模块。(3)在全国范围内扩大商业/工业-学术合作伙伴关系，并建立区域网络安全社区，使商业/工业与网络安全教师和学生互动。(4)传播有助于教师指导和专业发展以及学生发展的资源。通过这些努力，该中心的目标是：促进大学课程中网络安全内容的标准化;建立社区大学网络安全课程的意识，以及在社区大学课程中获得副学士学位或证书的学生的资格;解决国家对所有部门网络安全工作者的需求，包括政府，国防，医疗保健和商业;该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Keeping computers and information systems secure is a critical challenge. Business, industry, and government need well-prepared technicians who can prevent, detect, and investigate cybersecurity breaches. The growth of cyber-threats has created a need for many more workers who have cybersecurity knowledge and skills. To address this national challenge in education and workforce development, the CyberWatch West Resource Center will assist colleges around the nation with the development and improvement of educational programs in cybersecurity. This Advanced Technological Education (ATE) resource center will build on the foundation that has been laid by the CyberWatch West ATE regional center (NSF Awards DUE-1104278, DUE-1361636, and DUE-1500375), the Catalyzing Computing and Cybersecurity in Community Colleges (C5) project (NSF Award DGE-1548315), and the National Security Agency/Department of Homeland Security "Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense National Resource Center" (CNRC) at Whatcom Community College.The CyberWatch West Resource Center will support colleges that want to develop or enhance their cybersecurity education programs and strengthen the cybersecurity workforce through four interrelated efforts: (1) Expand participation in the Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense National Resource Center program through mentor-mentee training for two-year and four-year institutions. This work will directly complement the NSA-funded CNRC at Whatcom Community College. (2) Catalog and disseminate, through an online repository, resources that strengthen cybersecurity courses and curricula in higher education, including instructional modules developed under a previous NSF-funded project. (3) Expand business/industry-academic partnerships nationwide and build regional cybersecurity communities that engage business/industry with cybersecurity faculty and students. (4) Disseminate resources that aid faculty mentoring and professional development, and student development. Through these efforts, the center aims to: promote the standardization of cybersecurity content in college programs; build awareness of community college cybersecurity programs and the qualifications of students who earn an associate degree or certificate in a community college program; address the national need for cybersecurity workers across all sectors, including government, defense, healthcare, and commerce; diversify the talent pool from which employers can draw their cybersecurity workforce.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.