Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE) Tommy Morris, PhD Director and Associate Professor

Outline What us CCRE? Center of Academic Excellence for 2 Year Programs Helpful resources for curriculum development Cybersecurity professional certificate programs Gencyber Matriculation into a 4 year university Cybercorps: Scholarship for Service

Tommy Morris PHD, Computer Engineering (Cybersecurity), Southern Methodist University 17 years @ Texas Instruments chip design and verification 7 years @ Mississippi State University Director, Critical Infrastructure Protection Center Associate Director, Distributed Analytics and Security Institute (research lead) Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

UAH CCRE Mission To provide cybersecurity research as a service for local, state, and national industry and government, develop first class cybersecurity education programs, and provide a pipeline of trained cybersecurity scientists and engineers. Actionable solutions Practical approach Strong team Hard problems

UAH Cybersecurity NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Cyber Defense NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research NSF Cyber Corp Scholarship for Service 15 students currently on scholarship BS, MS, Phd; Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems Internship and service obligations

People Social Psychology of Cybersecurity Cyber wargaming Intrusion detection Cyber physical systems Industrial control systems Cloud security Secure software development Penetration testing Critical decision making Disaster Response Risk management Access control Embedded systems Provenance Assurance Data mining Machine learning Big data

CAE2Y NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education CAE2Y – certification for 2 year degree programs regionally accredited two-year community colleges technical schools https://www.iad.gov/NIETP/index.cfm CAE2Y – certifies your program and aligns your curriculum with a standard

CAE2Y Requirements Requirements Cyber Defense Center establishment and maintenance Oversee program, physical or virtual center, center website Cyber Defense program of study Toward degree or certificate Student development Cyber Defense faculty Outreach Knowledge Unit mapping

CAE2Y Knowledge Units - Core Basic Data Analysis Basic Scripting or Introductory Programming Cyber Defense Cyber Threats Fundamental Security Design Principles IA Fundamentals Intro to Cryptography IT Systems Components Networking Concepts Policy, Legal, Ethics, and Compliance System Administration For each knowledge unit NSA provides a brief set of topics which should be included.

CAE2Y Knowledge Units - optional There are optional knowledge units May be mapped to other certificate programs May target individual job functions or certifications for the local job market Too many to put on a slide Each KU has a accompanying set of sub-topics

Helpful websites National CyberWatch Center CAE Community Provides a guide for mapping curriculum to the knowledge units. 47-page guide https://scout.wisc.edu/cyberwatch/r131 CAE Community Website developed by CAE participating schools. More information. Forums. https://www.caecommunity.org/

NICE Framework National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Common understanding of and lexicon for cybersecurity work. Gives an overview of the types of jobs available in the cybersecurity field. There is a mapping of NSA/DHS CAE knowledge units to the NICE framework.

Certificate programs Many government cybersecurity positions require an applicant to have a set of certifications Many organizations teach to these certifications Short course (professional development) Program of study which culminates is skills needed to pass a certificate exam Entry level: Security+, Network+, GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), Certified Computer Examiner (CCE) Advanced: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Certificate Program Popularity Number of citations from survey of job postings: http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/information-security-certifications,2-205.html

Certificate Programs Most certificate programs require a student to pass an exam. Program websites provide Training materials Practice exams

Gencyber Camps Gencyber is a program sponsored by NSA and NSF to provide free cybersecurity camps for Teachers – how to teach cybersecurity high school & middle school students Cybersecurity first principles (basic concepts) Introduce cybersecurity Motivate students to pursue cybersecurity degrees http://www.gen-cyber.com/

Matriculation Hopefully community college cybersecurity students continue their education at UAH. Scholarship opportunities Map to a Bachelors of Science What to expect at UAH

What expect at UAH UAH offers 3 B.S. degrees related to cybersecurity Computer Engineering Computer Science Information Systems At undergrad level students will take electives in cybersecurity. There are cybersecurity certificate programs available.

Cybercorps Scholarship for Service $20,000 per 9 months Two years full scholarship Plus salary for undergrads!!!!! $20,000 per 9 months Internships at gov’t agency required Service obligation UAH is a Cybercorps school! https://www.sfs.opm.gov/

Contact Information Tommy Morris, PhD Director, Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alabama in Huntsville Work: (256)824-6576 Cell: (256)808-6436 Email: tommy.morris@uah.edu