Designations
As a CAE institution, CMU is committed to meeting the nation's demand for cybersecurity professionals.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has received three designations as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C):
Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD)*
Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO)*
Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R)
*Designated through INI's M.S. in Information Security (MSIS) program.
With these designations, Carnegie Mellon participates in programs that increase and strengthen the cache of federal information assurance professionals that protect the nation's critical infrastructures and national defense.
What is a CAE-C?
Institutions that receive a Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (CAE-C) designation have met the rigorous requirements set forth by the sponsor of the program, the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA awards CAE-C designations to institutions that commit to producing cybersecurity professionals that will reduce vulnerabilities in our national infrastructure.
Dr. Dena Haritos Tsamitis: Principal Investigator (PI)
As a CAE institution, CMU participates in federal scholarship and research programs designed to educate the next generation of cybersecurity professionals, including:
SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE (SFS)
Over 26ドル million in funding since 2001.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Cyber academy (dod csa)
1ドル.5 million in funding since 2010.
INFORMATION ASSURANCE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM (IACBP)
Attended by 91 faculty from 48 institutions, this intensive summer program was designed to help build information assurance education and research capacity at minority-serving colleges and universities.
M.S. in Information Security (MSIS)
The MSIS program offered through the INI meets SFS and DoW CySP criteria, offering a technical focus in security and computer systems that can be further developed through research opportunities. Learn moreSpecialized Learning Tracks
Through CMU's designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO), INI offers two specialized learning tracks: the Cyber Forensics and Incident Response (CyFIR) track and a Cyber Operations (Cyber Ops) certificate .
Through its CAE-R designation, Carnegie Mellon participates in the multi-university INSuRE program, through which students engage in interdisciplinary, distributed-team research on tasks in the national information security domain.
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