Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program Renewal 2019

保障网络空间安全是当今社会面临的最重大挑战之一。 伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校（UIUC）的这一奖项将建立在伊利诺伊州网络安全学者计划（ICSSP）的基础上。最初的计划招募，准备，并放置到政府一流的本科水平的工程师？的网络安全劳动力。通过此次更新，ICSSP将进一步扩大该项目，增加学生学者的多样性，利用最近扩大的课程，并将SFS机会扩大到信息科学学院的研究生。 这种扩大的能力将为个人进入联邦网络安全工作队伍提供额外的途径。 信息保障和网络防御是UIUC的高度优先事项，其对信息信任研究所（ITI）的支持就是证明。 ITI内的网络防御教育和研究中心协调整个UIUC的信息保证教育活动。该更新项目将为政府服务人员队伍再培养46名具有多学科计算机安全知识的专业人员。他们将拥有解决国家关键基础设施面临的技术，人力和社会挑战的技能和知识。该项目将改善对代表性不足的少数民族，两年制大学转学生，退伍军人和第一代大学生的宣传，从而增加SFS学者的候选人库，特别是那些来自经济困难背景的学生。此外，信息科学学院的加入将把ICSSP计划扩展到相对成熟和多样化的学生群体，包括许多在一系列学科中具有先前行业和/或专业经验的人。ICSSP学生的高级研究项目，与ITI教师的联系，以及在政府设施的实习将使学者接触到研究和教育的整合，提供远远超过本科生在普通课堂环境中通常经历的。此外，学者们将把他们的实习经验带回来，丰富其他UIUC学生的课堂体验，并将参与推广工作，以促进网络安全意识的行为，并促进对网络安全职业的兴趣。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

Securing cyberspace is one of the most significant challenges confronting our society today. This award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) will build on the Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program (ICSSP). The initial program recruited, prepared, and placed top-notch undergraduate level engineers into the government?s cybersecurity workforce. With this renewal, ICSSP will expand the program further by increasing the diversity of the student scholars, taking advantage of recently expanded curricular offerings, and extending the SFS opportunity to graduate students in the School of Information Sciences. This expanded capability will offer an additional pathway for individuals to enter the federal cybersecurity workforce. Information assurance and cyber defense are high priorities for UIUC, as evidenced by its support of the Information Trust Institute (ITI). The Center for Cyber Defense Education and Research within ITI coordinates educational activities in information assurance across UIUC. This renewal project will produce 46 more professionals with multidisciplinary exposure to computer security for the government service workforce. They will have the skills and knowledge to address the technical, human, and societal challenges facing the nation's critical infrastructure. The project will improve outreach to underrepresented minorities, 2-year college transfer students, veterans, and first-generation college students, and will thereby increase the candidate pool of SFS scholars, especially those coming from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition, the inclusion of the School of Information Sciences will expand the ICSSP program to a pool of students who are relatively mature and diverse, including many people with prior industry and/or professional experience in a range of disciplines. The ICSSP student's senior research projects, contact with ITI faculty, and internships in government facilities will expose the scholars to an integration of research and education that offers far more than what an undergraduate normally experiences in an ordinary classroom setting. Furthermore, scholars will bring their internship experience back, enriching the classroom experience for other UIUC students, and will participate in outreach efforts to promote cybersecurity-aware behavior and to promote interest in cybersecurity careers.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.