Augusta University is proud to be a designated Center of Academic Excellence, specifically
in the area of Cyber Defense (CAE-CD). This designation is sponsored jointly by the
National Security Agency (NSA) and several federal agencies.
All regionally accredited two-year, four-year and graduate level institutions in the United States are eligible to apply for a Center of Academic Excellence designation. The goal of the CAE-CD designation is to offer programs designed to reduce vulnerability in our national information infrastructure by promoting higher education and research in cyber defense and producing professionals with cyber defense expertise. Augusta University's School of Computer and Cyber Sciences is in an elite class of higher education institutions, as less than 250 universities nationwide have the Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense designation! Visit the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense to learn more about the Centers of Academic Excellence designation.
The School of Computer and Cyber Sciences Center for Cybersecurity engages with a variety of communities to carry out the mission of the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, to include serving as the Augusta University representative to the National Centers for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (CAE-C) program. As such, the Center for Cybersecurity is the lead effort for Augusta University Center of Academic Excellence designations to include our current designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. The Center's vision is to attract top students to the school’s degree programs and top research initiatives to our talented faculty.
Our program of study is our Cyber Defender Certificates program. Our certificate program is designed to prepare students for success in entry-level
technology careers. The certificate program is open to all students at Augusta University,
regardless of their program of study.
As cybersecurity students in the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, you have access to many student activities and resources. We highly encourage students to join one of our student organizations, including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) club and Upsilon Pi Epsilon, our honors society chapter for computing and information disciplines.
External Advisory Board
The role of the External Advisory Board is to provide input and guidance to the Center for Cybersecurity and the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences to achieve our center's mission of attracting top students to our school's academic programs and research initiatives.
Board members include:
Doug Burks, CEO, Security Onion Solutions
Dr. Raheem Beyah, Dean of the College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jon Dollan, Cyber Strategy Director, Savannah River Nuclear Laboratory
Phillip Greer, CEO, Real Lawyers
LTG Rhett Hernandez, Cyber Chair, Army Cyber Institute
Scott Monnig, Vice President, Rural Sourcing Inc.
“I was talking to my adviser and told her that I was passionate about cyber, but also really liked math and things like that. She said it would be a good fit because it’s like cyber plus math,” said Marcus Corull, on why he's majoring in cybersecurity engineering. Augusta University’s School of Computer and Cyber Sciences and Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have forged an exciting alliance in computer and cyber sciences. Clément Aubert, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, has been awarded a $582,562 grant from the Division of Computing and Communication Foundations of the National Science Foundation for his project “Concurrency in Reversible Computations." The explosion in the volume and complexity of data generated from various disciplines, social media, cyber traffic and the environment over the past decade has highlighted the need for collaboration among various disciplines.
Augusta University cyber student cracks codes and crafts a career
Augusta University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev forge promising alliance in the field of computer and cyber sciences
Augusta University professor receives National Science Foundation grant for groundbreaking research
Population Health Sciences hosts workshop to promote collaborative research
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