Regional Cybersecurity/Cyberinfrastructure Workshop Targeting Minority Serving Institutions: Low-Cost/High-Impact Cyberdefense and Cyberinfrastructure Resources

CyberRISK（区域信息安全知识共享）研讨会汇集了20个具有不同特征和学术使命的少数民族服务机构（msi），但都需要培训，资源和同行网络。由于网络安全态势源于政策和技术设计，参加研讨会的机构有两名参与者：一个策略主管（具有策略制定权限的CIO或高级主管）和一个技术主管（负责安全保护的安全或网络资源）。讲习班方案遵循政策和技术轨道，强调它们之间的协调，以提高效率和一致性。研讨会前调查塑造了研讨会内容，因此它与不同的制度环境、优先事项和网络安全成熟度水平相关。国家和地区网络专家、网络运营商和研究型大学同行参与进来，拓宽和多样化对最佳实践和相关服务产品的见解，并促进围绕校园网络基础设施、科学用例和区域/国家网络基础设施资源的互动。本次研讨会的智力价值源于在活动中交换的信息，这导致了不同参与者之间的新想法，关系和合作：学院和大学，地区和国家网络专家，以及相关联盟。在活动之前、期间和之后使用的评估工具揭示了研讨会产生的变化和行动，这些变化和行动改善了参与者的网络安全状况。本次研讨会的广泛影响始于研讨会材料、演示文稿和计划的传播，这些都是公开的，可供改编和再利用；它进一步扩大了范围，为今后的区域讲习班提供了框架和模式，并提供了评价工具的结果，以指导这些讲习班的改进。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。

The CyberRISK (Regional Information Security Knowledge-sharing) workshop brings together twenty Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) with diverse characteristics and academic missions, but with a shared need for training, resources, and peer networking on Because cybersecurity postures arise from policy and technical designs, attending institutions bring two participants: one policy lead (CIO or senior leader with policy-setting authority) and one technical lead (security or networking resource responsible for security protections). Workshop programs follow policy and technical tracks, emphasizing their coordination for effectiveness and coherence. Pre-workshop surveys shape workshop content so it is relevant for the diverse institutional circumstances, priorities, and levels of cybersecurity maturity.National and regional cyber experts, network operators, and research university peers participate to broaden and diversify insight into best practices and relevant service offerings, and to promote interaction around campus cyberinfrastructure, science use cases, and regional / national cyberinfrastructure resources.This workshop's intellectual merit stems from information exchanged at the event, which leads to new ideas, relationships and collaborations among the diverse participants: colleges and universities, regional and national cyber experts, and relevant consortia. Evaluative instruments employed before, during, and after the event shed light on changes and actions arising from the workshop that improve participants' cybersecurity postures. Broader impact of this workshop begins with the dissemination of workshop materials, presentations, and plans that are publicly available for adaptation and reuse; it extends further by providing a framework and model for future regional workshops, with the results of evaluative instruments available to guide improvements of those workshops.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.