1. Cyber Education & Research
The State of Cyber Security in San Antonio
Dr. Dave Dampier
Professor and Chair,
Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security

2. Cyber Security Education Programs in San Antonio
UTSA
BBA in Cyber Security (Residential and Online)
BS in Computer Science w/Cyber Operations Concentration
MS and PhD degrees in IT, CS, and CPE
Various minors and certificate programs
Texas A&M San Antonio
BBA in Computer Information Systems w/Cyber Emphasis
Hallmark University
B.S. in Cyber Security
Our Lady of the Lake University
B.S. in Computer Information Systems and Security
BBA in Computer Information Systems w/emphasis in Security

3. UTSA Cyber Security Impact
Certification & Recognition
#1 ranked cyber security program in the nation (Ponemon, 2014)
#2 ranked graduate program in the nation (universities.com, 2016)
NSA/DHS designated Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense
CAE in IA/CD Education (since 2002, recertified in 2014)
BBA in Cyber Security, MSIT w/Cyber Concentration
CAE in IA/CD Research (since 2008, recertified in 2014)
PhD in IT w/Cyber Concentration
Digital Forensics focus area designation in 2014
CAE in Cyber Operations (2018)
BS in Computer Science w/Cyber Operations Concentration

4. Academic Programs in Cyber Security
College of Business
BBA Major/Minor in Cyber Security (enrollment ~1300)
Online option (~160)
Undergrad Minor in Digital Forensics* (enrollment ~200)
Grad Concentration in Cyber Security, MS/PhD in Info Technology (~120/~20)
College of Science
Undergrad & Graduate Concentrations in Computer & Information Security, BS/MS in Computer Science (BS ~75/1293; MS ~9/76)
Concentration in Cyber Operations
Several cyber security Ph.D. dissertations
College of Engineering
Undergrad & Graduate Courses in Cyber Security, Department of Computer & Electrical Engineering
Multi-disciplinary Programs
Pathogenic Outbreak Investigations Certificate Program

5. Bio-Inspired Cyber Defense Cyber-Inspired Bio Defense
Cross Disciplinary Pathogenic Outbreak Investigations Research & Education
Digital
Forensics
Biological Defense
Propagation
Trajectory
Rate
Method
Polymorphism
Attribution
Strain/Family Classification
Infection Vector
Threats
Malware
Botnets
Threats
Food pathogens
Water pathogens
Biological pathogens
Analysis
Characteristics
Behavioral
Timing
Detection
Infection Symptoms
In-transit Signatures
Machine Learning Prediction of Isolates
Sponsorship:
DHS-14-ST

6. Sampling of cyber security courses
Information Assurance
Incident response and Intrusion Detection
Digital forensics
Secure network design
Secure e-commerce
Secure s/w development
Secure network ops
Unix/Linux security
Cryptography
Attack & defend
Cyber physical systems
Malware analysis
Reverse engineering
Network security
Cyber law
Cyber security policy
Risk assessment
Security best practices
Cyber Operations

7. World Class Online Cybersecurity Education
Remote virtual lab capability
Experiential learning
Scalability
24/7 remote access
Modular curriculum
Each course is developed in approximately one week long modules
Modules are somewhat self-contained: lab and quiz per module.
Cross-disciplinary
Interdisciplinary core & capstone
Mixture of majors in modules

8. Extracurricular Activities
Computer Security Association (CSA)
Over 100 active student members
Cross-disciplinary (CyS, CS, ECE, etc.)
Extremely active
Weekly meetings
Training sessions
Industry speakers
Capture the flag exercises
Frequent, successful participation in cyber competitions (CCDC, CPTC, NCAC, Panoply, CSAW CTF, MITRE CTF…)

9. Awards won by Cyber Security Association

10. Cyber Security Research
Two classes of research…
Traditional business focus (“organizations & people”)
Applied technical (“information systems”)
Business & organizational focused security research
Psychological/behavioral info security
Privacy issues, user behavior impacting security
Economics of info security
Economic causes & consequences, incentives
Info security management & strategy
Investment decisions, novel defensive strategies

11. Cyber Security Research (cont.)
Technical, applied research (R&D Phase 6.2/6.3)
Digital forensics
Identification & acquisition of forensic artifacts
Insider threat detection
Advanced indication & warning; behavioral & technical indicators
Cyber physical systems
Secure architecture design; vulnerability assessments; privacy
Cloud, Mobile and IoT
Vulnerability analysis & exploitation; defensive tactics & strategies
Applied network & info systems security
Malware phylogeny & threat assessment; network attack characterization

12. Cyber Physical Systems Security
Threat modeling for root cause analysis (malicious vs. non-malicious failure)
Smart grid security and attack resiliency (forensics driven approach)
Design algorithms to detect opportunistic attacks, false data injection attacks, etc, in smart grid cyber-physical systems
Protection against GPS spoofing in CPS & smart grids
Post-quantum era smart grid security & attack resiliency (detection, mitigation, secure communications)
Cyber physical system data privacy & secure communication
Other research:
- Secure dynamic state estimation methods for systems under attack & with unknown inputs
- Risk mitigation under attack & unknown inputs

13. Industrial Control Systems Laboratory

14. Research on the Horizon
Cyber physical system threat modeling
Semi-autonomous network risk characterization
Other dimensions of malware threat metric
Cyber risk / governance analytics
Robust analytics for reliable self-assessments of risk
NIST Framework for Improving Cybersecurity Infrastructure
Data analytics as a service protocols / processes
Dynamic, customized security education, training, and awareness (SETA)

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