Wayne Patterson Director 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 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/Collaboration 2. Center for Information Assurance (IA) Education 3. IA Academic Program is Robust and Active 4. IA as a Multidisciplinary Science 5. Practice of IA Throughout the University 6. Student-based IA Research 7. Number of IA Faculty and Course Load 8. 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  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   

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, …