CyberCorps SFS: Preparing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

发展一支训练有素的网络安全队伍对国家的经济竞争力和安全至关重要。印第安纳州大学网络安全奖学金计划（IUCSP）将为16名不同的学生提供一个新颖的网络安全教育计划，该计划将印第安纳州大学（IU）的跨学科学术课程与现实世界的实习经验相结合。为确保多样性，国际癌症研究联合会将通过一系列举措积极开展招聘和外联工作。这些举措包括由IU的应用网络安全研究中心主办的网络安全夏令营，与印第安纳州常春藤科技社区学院的现有合作伙伴关系，以及与IU的多样性，公平和多元文化事务副总裁办公室，黑人学生会，IU少数民族服务机构STEM倡议和卓越的技术女性中心的合作。通过IU网络安全诊所，强大的学术准备与应用经验相结合，将产生网络安全领导者，以加强美国政府的劳动力，国家安全需求和关键基础设施保护。IU是国家安全局和国土安全部指定的网络防御教育和研究学术卓越中心。拟议的IUCSP将产生一个学生持有本科，硕士和博士学位的管道从IU的学术学位课程之一：计算机科学学士学位，计算机科学博士学位，安全计算硕士学位，或跨学科硕士学位在网络安全风险管理。该项目将确定IUCSP组成部分的有效性，其中包括在主要网络安全会议上的招聘和推广，作为IU网络安全诊所的一部分的教育计划，与政府组织的暑期实习，专门的指导，以及参与研讨会和其他活动，以确保IU的计划继续保持最先进的水平。国际联盟领导的网络安全组织如下。Omni Security Operations Center通过联合安全运营中心协作，帮助高等教育机构减少网络安全威胁的影响。美国国家科学基金会（NSF）网络安全卓越中心领导其他NSF资助的研究组织应对网络安全挑战。研究和教育网络信息共享和协调中心通过促进网络安全业务保护和响应，为高等教育和研究界的620多个成员机构提供服务。IU网络安全诊所将学生与印第安纳州的组织配对，以应对现实世界的组织网络安全挑战。此外，学生将受益于IU自己的网络安全运营团队，该团队保护100，000多名学生和员工。该项目由CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划支持，该计划为建立或继续网络安全奖学金计划的提案提供资金，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以培养一支上级网络安全人才队伍。毕业后，奖学金获得者需要在联邦，州，地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作与他们的奖学金支持相同的时间。这个奖项反映了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。

Developing a well-trained cybersecurity workforce is broadly critical to the nation’s economic competitiveness and security. The Indiana University Cybersecurity Scholarship Program (IUCSP) will provide 16 diverse students a novel cybersecurity educational program that combines Indiana University’s (IU) interdisciplinary academic curriculum with real-world internship experiences. To ensure diversity, IUCSP will engage in active recruitment and outreach through an array of initiatives. These initiatives include cybersecurity summer camps hosted by IU’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, existing partnerships with Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, and collaboration with IU’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, the Black Student Union, the IU-Minority Serving Institutions STEM Initiative, and the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology. The combination of strong academic preparation with applied experience, via the IU Cybersecurity Clinic, will produce cybersecurity leaders uniquely situated to strengthen the U.S. government workforce, national security needs, and critical infrastructure protection.IU is a designated National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense in both Education and Research. The proposed IUCSP will produce a pipeline of students holding undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees from one of IU’s academic degree offerings: a bachelor’s in Computer Science, a doctorate in Computer Science, a master’s in Secure Computing, or an interdisciplinary master’s in Cybersecurity Risk Management. This project will determine the efficacy of the IUCSP components, which include recruitment and outreach at major cybersecurity conventions, educational programming as part of the IU Cybersecurity Clinic, summer internships with government organizations, dedicated mentoring, and involvement in workshops and other activities that will ensure IU’s programs continue to be state-of-the-art. Degrees will be coupled with real-world experience from several established, IU-led cybersecurity organizations, as follows. The Omni Security Operations Center helps higher education institutions reduce the impact of cybersecurity threats through a joint Security Operations Center collaboration. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Cybersecurity Center of Excellence leads other NSF-funded research organizations in addressing cybersecurity challenges. The Research and Education Network Information Sharing and Coordination Center serves over 620 member institutions within the higher education and research community by promoting cybersecurity operational protections and response. The IU Cybersecurity Clinic pairs students with Indiana-based organizations to tackle real-world organizational cybersecurity challenges. In addition, students will benefit from IU’s own cybersecurity operations team, which protects 100,000+ students and employees. This project is supported by the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, which funds proposals establishing or continuing scholarship programs in cybersecurity and aligns with the U.S. National Cyber Strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce. Following graduation, scholarship recipients are required to work in cybersecurity for a federal, state, local, or tribal Government organization for the same duration as their scholarship support.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.