DETER Research Education and Operations Mission Sustainment

该项目提高了DETERLab测试平台的复杂性、鲁棒性和实用性，DETERLab测试平台是网络安全研究和教育的关键科学实验室。 测试平台在研究、教育和操作任务方面的进步直接使数百个研究项目和数千名目前使用DETERLab的课堂用户受益。所有建议的活动都直接影响用户，使他们能够更快，更容易地进行实验，具有更高的保真度和可重复性，并在更复杂的环境中。这些研究和开发工作共同扩大了研究和教育界的能力，对于满足当今我国对网络安全专业人员日益增长的需求以及对可重复性日益增长的需求是必要的，该项目由三个使命目标的16项任务组成，以（1）推进DETERLab的研究使命-这些包括新的实验能力的操作化，以及为用户添加新的工具，以分配和管理实验，（2）推进DETERLab的教育使命的活动-这些包括创建现有练习的容器化版本，从DETERLab内外的各种来源创建新的共享材料，为每个学生定制实验练习，以防止作弊，（3）推进DETERLab操作使命的活动-这些活动提高了DETERLab的安全性，简化了实验分配和管理，并允许快速自动处理许多错误。许多计划中的活动已经有了第一代原型，这些原型在该项目下得到了改进、推广和运作。所有的源代码和二进制代码都是公开发布的。所有实验和教育材料都通过DETERLab的共享门户网站发布。该奖项反映了NSF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。

The project advances the sophistication, robustness and usefulness of the DETERLab testbed, a key scientific laboratory for cybersecurity research and education. Advances in the research, educational and operational missions of the testbed directly benefit the hundreds of research projects, and thousands of classroom users currently using DETERLab. All proposed activities directly impact users, enabling them to experiment faster, more easily, with higher fidelity and repeatability, and in more sophisticated environments. The research and development efforts taken together expand capacity for both the research and education communities and are necessary to meet the growing need for cybersecurity professionals in our country today, and the growing need for repeatability, reproducibility and reuse of testbed experiments.The project is comprised of 16 tasks across three mission objectives to (1) advance DETERLab's research mission - these include operationalization of new experimental capabilities, and addition of new tools for users, to allocate and manage experiments, (2) activities that advance DETERLab's education mission - these include creation of containerized versions of existing exercises, creation of new shared materials from various sources within and outside of DETERLab, and customization of lab exercises for each student, to prevent cheating, (3) activities that advance DETERLab's operational mission - these activities improve DETERLab's security, streamline experiment allocation and management, and allow for fast and automated handling of many errors. Many of the planned activities already have 1st generation prototypes, that are improved, generalized and operationalized under the project. All the source and binary code developed under this proposal is released publicly. All experimental and educational materials are released via DETERLab's sharing portal.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.