• DocumentCode
    1202357
  • Title

    Cybercorps scholarships fund new generation of security gurus

  • Author

    McLaughlin, Linda

  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    98
  • Lastpage
    100
  • Abstract
    The Cybercorps scholarship program aims US National Science Foundation funds at two important targets. The first is to educate more of the top computer science students in information assurance and security. The second is to convince them to bring those skills to government agencies after graduation. Since the scholarships began in 2001, students and college educators say the program has made a mark on the nation´s next generation of security experts.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; government data processing; security of data; Cybercorps scholarship program; US National Science Foundation funds; computer science students; government agency; information assurance; information security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2005.11
  • Filename
    1377131