1. Overview

2. About

3. Program Eligibility

4. References

5. External links

Further, this is written from the organizations's point of view--there is probsbly some comments on it that might be offer a different perspective. DGG (talk) 08:40, 10 October 2018 (UTC)}}

Overview

The National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) partnered together to form the National Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) program. The goal of the program is to support educational institutions in establishing higher education and research in the fields of information assurance, computer forensics, and cyber security. The program is available to regionally accredited 2-year, 4-year, and graduate colleges and universities that align to specific cyber security-related knowledge units (KUs).^[1] These institutions must be regionally accredited by the United States Department of Education to participate in the program.

About

The National Centers of Academic Excellence was started in 1999 by the NSA and partnered with the DHS in 2004.^[2] Their partnership resulted in the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) program, which consists of the four-year Baccalaureate/Graduate Education (CAE-CDE), two-year education (CAE2Y), and research (CAE-R) designations.^[3] The research (CAE-R) designation was created in 2008 with a focus on institutions that provide a research focus on cyber security and partner with academia, government, and industry like the University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Cyber Security (ICS).^[4] The second program offered solely by the NSA is the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO), which is a more in-depth program focused on computer science, computer engineering, and offers extensive training in lab environments.^[5] There are only 20 academic institutions that are designated as Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) in the country.

Program Eligibility

Educational institutions must meet certain criteria to be awarded the CAE-CD designation, which is good for a period of five academic years.^[6] Their curriculum must have a robust degree program that is tailored and mapped to cyber security specific knowledge units (KUs). The three knowledge unit areas consist of foundational, technical core, and nontechnical core.^[7] There are also optional knowledge units that aren't a requirement for program eligibility. The following are a list of some of the program specializations that educational institutions can specialize in to meet program eligibility:^[8]

• Cyber Investigations
• Data Management Systems Security
• Digital Forensics
• Secure Cloud Computing
• Security Incident Analysis and Response

Academic institutions apply for program consideration through the NSA/DHS and have to receive at least three independent reviews.^[9] Program eligibility for the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations must meet ten separate criteria that range from academic content to student participation in cyber operations research and number of faculty involved in cyber operations education and research activities.^[10]

References

External links

• [https://www.nsa.gov/resources/students-educators/centers-academic-excellence/cae-co-centers.shtml NSA/DHS National CAE in Cyber Operations Designated Institutions]
• [https://www.iad.gov/NIETP/reports/cae_designated_institutions.cfm NSA/DHS National CAE in Cyber Defense Designated Institutions]

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