SFS Capacity Building in Security of Software Defined Networks

软件定义网络(SDN)是一种相对较新的技术，由于其技术灵活性和节省成本的潜力，预计将在Internet中得到广泛使用。然而，由于SDN技术的快速采用，出现了安全问题。德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校(UT Dallas)提议的项目汇集了一支拥有计算机网络和SDN专业知识的教员团队，以及拥有网络安全专业知识的教员团队，以构建一套全面的课程，以解决SDN的各种安全方面。其目标是培训一支熟练的SDN技术及其安全劳动力队伍。从该项目毕业的学生将获得在学术界、工业界和政府中建立、部署和运营基于SDN的网络所需的技能。SDN安全的课程模块和一套顶石项目将提供给学术界和工业界，使这项技术的安全与广泛采用保持同步。拟议的项目旨在设计多个课程模块；开发几个顶石项目；并为学生建立实验室设施，以实现原型系统，以测试他们对顶石项目中安全问题的解决方案。教材将涵盖的主题包括：网络安全，包括系统安全、网络安全、数据和应用安全、网络物理系统的安全、基于语言的安全，以及下一代计算机网络、网络管理和SDN。这些产品将被纳入德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校现有的几门研究生级别的网络安全课程，并向希望扩展课程以涵盖SDN技术的其他机构提供。此外，该项目将让本科生参与SDN研究活动，并作为有兴趣继续他们在新兴技术安全方面的教育的学生的招募工具。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Software defined networking (SDN) is a relatively new technology expected to have wide use in the Internet due to its technical flexibility and potential for cost-savings. However, given the rapid adoption of SDN technologies, security concerns have emerged. The proposed project from the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) brings together a team of faculty with expertise in computer networks and SDN, as well as faculty with expertise in cybersecurity, to build a comprehensive curriculum to address the various security aspects of SDN. The goal is to train a skilled workforce in SDN technology and its security. Students graduating from this program will acquire the necessary skills to build, deploy, and operate an SDN based networks in academia, industry and the government. The course modules and set of capstone projects in SDN security will be made available to academia and industry so that security of this technology keeps pace with wide-spread adoption.The proposed project aims to design a number of course modules; develop several capstone projects; and build a laboratory setup for students to implement prototype systems to test their solutions to the security issues in the capstone projects. Topics covered in the educational materials will include: cybersecurity including system security, network security, data and application security, security of cyber physical systems, and language based security, as well as in next generation computer networks, network management and SDN. The products will be incorporated into several existing graduate-level cybersecurity courses at UT Dallas, and be made available to other institutions that want to expand their curriculum to cover SDN technologies. Further, the project will involve undergraduate students in SDN research activities, and serve as a recruitment tool for students interested in furthering their education in the security of emerging technologies.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.