wayne patterson director of the cybersecurity research center november 28, 2011 howard university...
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Wayne PattersonDirector of the Cybersecurity Research
Center
November 28, 2011
Howard University Cybersecurity Research
Center
Designation as a National Center of Excellence
In June of 2011, Howard University and its Cybersecurity Research Center were designated by the National Security Agency as a:
Cemter of Academic Excellence in Informance Assurance Education
Known as “CAE/IAE”
Howard joins about 125 four-year institutions with this designation: see http://www.nsa.gov/ia/academic_outreach/nat_cae/institutions.shtml
We will show what we had to demonstrate to gain this certification
… and what this will mean for Howard
Requirements to Meet
We had to demonstrate our capability in:
1. Outreach/Collaboration2. Center for Information Assurance (IA) Education3. IA Academic Program is Robust and Active4. IA as a Multidisciplinary Science5. Practice of IA Throughout the University6. Student-based IA Research7. Number of IA Faculty and Course Load8. Faculty Active in Current IA Practice and
Research
1. Outreach/Collaboration
a. Shared curriculum Created entire program at Voorhees
b. Reciprocity of credits With 34 institutions, including 12 MSIs
c. Sponsorship of workshops 4, two NSF-sponsored
d. CAE Collaboration Seminars at George Mason and Stevens
e. Community outreach
2. Center for IA Education
a. Formal documentation of designation Created by Provost Wyche
b. Hyperlink http://www.howard.edu/csl/index.htm
c. Web site is operational, dynamic, current d. IA journals available online
All ACM and IEEE available
e. Physical and/or virtual IA labs available Mathematica, Sage, WebGoat, Java
3. IA Academic Program is Robust and Active
Focus at the Bachelors level Concentration in MIS bachelor’s program (~6 yrs)
Focus at the Masters’ level Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity (7 yrs)
Focus at the PhD level New PhD program in Computer Science approved
4. IA as a Multidisciplinary Science
Modules in non-IA Courses International Studies, Law (2), Psych, Business (n)
Non-IA Courses encourage papers Numerous referenced
5. Practice of IA Throughout the University
University IA security plan Provided
ISSO Provided
Implementation of security plan http://www.howard.edu/policy/technology/
computeruse.htm http://www.howard.edu/technology/faculty.htm http://www.howard.edu/technology/students.htm
6. Student-based IA Research
a. Student papers, theses, dissertations, projects 19 provided
b. List of courses that require such 5 provided
7. Number of IA Faculty and Course Load
a. Full-time faculty with leadership responsibilities Two
b. Additional full-time faculty with some IA Five
c. Shared faculty Nine
8. Faculty Active in Current IA Practice and Research
a. Peer reviewed publications 26 submitted
b. Published books or chapters 4 submitted
c. Grants/funding 13 submitted
D. Active in professional societies Cyberwatch, ACM, IEEE
E. Student IA programs One
F. Present at major conferences 10 submitted
What Will This Mean for Howard?
Now eligible for certain scholarship programs NSF SFS, IASP, IA Capacity Building
Collaboration urged with other CAEs Partnerships to date with Carnegie Mellon, George
Mason, New Orleans, Stevens, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Texas – El Paso
Helps in research proposal submissions
Openings to national intelligence agencies NSA, DHS, DOD, NSF, …