1. AFCEA Pelican Chapter Initiative:
Developing a Cybersecurity outreach program within THE Tampa bay & St. Pete AREA communities

2. Mission Statement
The AFCEA Pelican Chapter will inspire and ignite a passion for cybersecurity within the youth of Tampa Bay & St. Pete school districts through an annual “Cyber Fortress” program engineered to educate, foster and cultivate a willingness to commit to a life long journey in defending commercial, academia, and government interests from cyberspace threats
Vision:
AFCEA Pelican Chapter is interested in developing a cyber outreach program to encourage local students to pursue a career in cybersecurity in hopes they will attend cybersecurity programs at local universities and colleges, compete for internships and move on to full time employment opportunities at local commercial, academia, and government institutions
Leverage existing relationships; The Florida Center for Cybersecurity, the University of South Florida, professional organizations, industry, other academic institutions, and SOFWERX

3. Cyber Fortress Program Outline
Program development
Timelines, curriculum, courseware development, scholarships, trophies, medals
Identify volunteers (must be members of AFCEA)
AFCEA Pelican Chapter
Industry partners (need a minimum of 15 industry partners)
USSOCOM Cyber Protection Team, MARCENT, 6th AF Comms, CENTCOM, JCSE
Need to solicit / leverage volunteers from local businesses & industry
Potential for cyber companies to sponsor the teams (t-shirts), provide hardware, software, etc…
Solicit interest from high schools
Start small (4 High Schools) with the intent to grow
Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota
Seminole High and Countryside High – (confirmed)
A vendor partner will sponsor a school ( Basically be the “Host” sponsor company. They will help the students with their T- shirt design, provide SW/HW/equipment as needed, volunteers, etc…)
Teach, Mentor, Coach
Spread the volunteers among the participating schools
Plan to host 7 events in conjunction with curriculum learning: (4) Field trips to each participating school (all schools and other participants attend), (3) field trips to local NOCs – FBI, SOCOM GEOC, etc…
Cyber Protection Team NCOs are prepared to lead the school teams with assistance from other volunteers
Final event
“Defend the Network” competition at the end of the program – CYBER FORTRESS
Potential to leverage the Florida Center for Cybersecurity to run a “high school” event similar to their annual Capture the Flag event or leverage another organization with experience
Include teams from the National Guard, colleges to inspire and mentor the high school teams (recruiting)

4. Initial Timeline If you want to get involved contact the following:
APR: Final Competition
FEB - APR: Advanced level training
AUG: Team engagement w/ all volunteer
NOV - JAN: Intermediate level training
AUG - OCT: Basic level training
AUG: Finalize curriculum
JUL - AUG: Develop curriculum / courseware / training materials
JUL: Finalize team logos / order tee shirts / stickers
JUN: Team engagement with all volunteers
MAY - JUN: Re-engage with schools (send brochures / visit)
APR - MAY: Continue program development, identify and delegate tasks and milestones
APR: Outreach to Hillsborough / Pinellas / Seminole / Pasco / Manatee / Polk / Sarasota (Private – Jesuit / Carrollwood / Steinbrenner / Land o’ Lakes
APR: Recruitment of volunteers / facility to host final event
APR: Finalize plan with key leaders and prep for planning team engagements
MAR: Identify Volunteers
If you want to get involved contact the following:
Individuals contact Capt Bryan Tye:
Company sponsorship: MA
JAN - FEB: The “Cyber Fortress” idea was formed!!