NCSU Cybersecurity Practicum Sponsorship Opportunity

We are accepting applications for Cybersecurity Practicum projects from potential sponsors for the Spring 2024 CSC 472 course.

The Cybersecurity Practicum course is designed to provide senior computer science students who are participating in the cybersecurity concentration throughout their undergraduate program with an opportunity to apply cybersecurity principles and basic computer science to solve a “real world” cybersecurity problem.

Students work in teams of four to six students with instructors to guide students through the projects. Sponsors are asked to help mentor their student team throughout the semester. Our priority is to educate students and prepare them for their next chapter by using “real-world” scenarios and mentorship.

By participating in our practicum program, sponsors will have the chance to meet and work with graduating Computer Science seniors who are about ready to enter the professional arena, making it a great recruiting opportunity! Please consider joining us during the upcoming Spring 2024 semester.

Our goal is to help students integrate their technical expertise with their professional communication skills - writing, speaking, project management and teaming – and to prepare them to enter the workforce.

The fee ($12,500) goes toward administration of the Practicum course. This fee does not imply any type of contractual agreement between our sponsors and SCI/students.

Project Proposal Information

Projects should be non-critical to the mission of your organization. Good projects are those that are relevant and interesting to you, but that perhaps have been relegated to being back-burner projects or nice-to-haves.

Project descriptions are presented to students on the first day of class. Students will have a short amount of time to choose and bid for 3 of their favorites. A good project description will be clear and succinct so that students can quickly get a sense of what the project is about and what it would entail to solve the problem. It is often helpful to provide preliminary system requirements or concrete use cases/scenarios to help illustrate your vision for the project.

When drafting your project description, it is useful to clearly identify the core set of features (i.e., minimum viable product) and to label the additional incremental features as stretch goals that would be nice to have if time permits.

Submission Instructions

Step 1

Download and complete the Project Proposal Template. If you are proposing multiple projects, complete and submit the template separately for each project.

Step 2

Submit the completed template via this Form. If you are proposing multiple projects, submit the form one time for each project. Please note that a Google account is required to submit the form (due to the file upload). If you do have or wish to use a Google account, please email your form directly to Laura Rodgers.

For additional information, please contact Laura Rodgers, Director of Cybersecurity Practice, at ldrodger@ncsu.edu.