The Center for Cyber Defense

The Center for Cyber Defense at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) was designed to educate and prepare students to serve the United States as professionals in the field of Cybersecurity. The primary goal towards meeting this objective is to develop its integrated education and interdisciplinary research program in Cybersecurity.

The Center for Cyber Defense at NCA&T is designated as the National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE).

The Center for Cyber Defense at NCA&T is designated as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R). 

 

Affiliated Faculty:

  • Kelvin Bryant 
  • Mahmoud Abdelsalam 
  • Albert Esterline 
  • Hamidreza Moradi
  • Letu Qingge 
  • Mohd Anwar
  • Sajad Khorsandroo 
  • Olusola T Odeyomi 
  • Madhuri Siddula 
  • Jinsheng Xu 
  • Huiming A Yu 
  • Xiaohong Yuan 
  • Kaushik Roy 

News

CAE in Cybersecurity Community News

2024 NCAE Calendar of Events

The NCAE has scheduled their 2024 events and meetings (subject to change). To stay up to date, please view the CAE Community website here

August 16, 2024: Meet the NICE Challenges: Challenge Discussion and Assistance Webinar - Virtual

This webinar will cover 1-2 challenges in depth, discussing possible challenge solutions and context development methodology. At first challenge selection will be determined by which challenges are used most often, then we will open it up to requests.

  • Will be a monthly webinar that occurs every third Friday of the month, and will last roughly 1 hour.

Register for this event by visiting the following link: https://caecommunity.zoom.us/meeting/register/uJEsceGvrz4ioIlYg-0d2ScX1k1y2fjoBA


August 28, 2024 - CAE Federal Careers - Virtual


August 30, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm - CAE Lecture Series - Virtual

Mark your calendars and come join the CAE community for the CAE Lecture Series on August 30, 2024, from 2-4 pm EST. The CAE Lecture Series are free and conducted live in real-time over the MS Teams so no travel is required. NSA’s CAE PMO office hosts the presentations via MS Teams which employs slides, VOIP, and chat for live interaction. Just click on the link below and enjoy the presentations!

Speakers:

  • Tyler Moore, University of Tulsa, Empirically Evaluating the Effect of Security Precautions on Cyber Incidents (2pm EST)
  • Alexis S., NSA Student Programs Information Session (3pm EST)

MS Teams Information:

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 254 178 154 588

Passcode: 9gSU5j

 Date TBD - 2024 NSA Codebreaker Challenge Kickoff


September 12, 2024 - Meet Your Fellow CAE-CD - Virtual

Advance Registration Required!

Register for this event by visiting the following link:

https://nova.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsdequqj8oGtx328aZWXN7HT4_Nc5g6YVs (Only those using their .edu email to register and are from a current CAE (CD, CO, and/or R) or part of the CAE Program Development or Application Assistance will be considered. Do not use gmail!).

Back in January 2021, we established the initiative called: “Getting to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs” co-chaired by Sandra Blanke, University of Dallas and Gretchen Bliss, University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

  • To read more about this initiative here
  • Each monthly meeting is recorded. To see the archive of the recorded events here
  • The upcoming monthly meetings are noted below. Join us each month as a different group of CAE-CD schools presents about their school, programs, research interests and more.

 CAE Community YouTube Channel (for archived prior events - see below for agendas):  www.youtube.com/channel/UCLr52AD7_I-GuW_HyMGc9sA


September 20, 2024 - Meet the NICE Challenges: Challenge Discussion and Assistance Webinar

This webinar will cover 1-2 challenges in depth, discussing possible challenge solutions and context development methodology. At first challenge selection will be determined by which challenges are used most often, then we will open it up to requests.

  • Will be a monthly webinar that occurs every third Friday of the month, and will last roughly 1 hour.

Register for this event by visiting the following link: https://caecommunity.zoom.us/meeting/register/uJEsceGvrz4ioIlYg-0d2ScX1k1y2fjoBA


September 20, 2024 - CAE Lecture Series - Virtual


September 24, 2024 - Orientation Workshop - Virtual


September 26, 2024 - Get To Know Your Fellow CAE-R

Join us as we host a monthly series of presentations from our fellow CAE-R institutions to learn about their research foci as well as some of their recent research results. In order to avoid conflicts with the CAE TechTalks, we will hold the "Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-R" events every FOURTH Thursday of each month, from 2pm ET to 4pm ET on Zoom. Preregistration is necessary to attend the events.

Each event will have two CAE-Rs presenting. Each CAE-R will have a maximum of 60 minutes to present: 10 minutes for the general introduction on research foci of the institution by the POC, followed by UP TO TWO presentations of no more than 15 minutes each on recently peer-reviewed, accepted/published results by faculty or students, and a ~15-20 Q&A session on the presentations and networking. It is up to the institutions to decide which research results are featured as part of their presentation.

In case of any questions, you may reach out to the co-chairs of the initiative, Bo Yuan of Rochester Institute of Technology and Roberto Perdisci of University of Georgia.

Interested in Presenting in the Future?

If you are interested in presenting your institution at a future event, please complete this questionnaire here. POCs Bo Yuan from Rochester Institute of Technology and Roberto Perdisci from University of Georgia will be in contact with those who express interest in presenting their institutions.

Register for this event by visiting the following link: https://caecommunity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUocO2vrTMqEtOBc_97PhWC2XiWKBQ7f7fA


September 27, 2024 National Cybersecurity Virtual Career Fair

9:00 am-1:00 pm Pacific Time

12:00pm-4:00pm Eastern Time

Event Link: Student, Alumni, and Faculty Registration link

The National Cybersecurity Training and Education (NCyTE) Center and the Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity Community are hosting the eighth annual National Cybersecurity Virtual Career Fair. 

This event is open to students and alumni from over 450 institutions designated as Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD), Cyber Operations (CAE-CO), and Research (CAE-R) and institutions in the Candidate's Program (pending approval).

April 26, 2-4pm EST Event Topics:

  • Threats and mitigation approaches for AI systems (2pm EST)
  • FBI Careers Information Session (3pm EST)

Time: April 26, 2-4pm EST 

Presenters: NSA Cybersecurity Directorate Technical Director, Neal Ziring and FBI Operational Technology Division Technical Director, Jason Abramowitz. 

Location: Microsoft Teams meeting  

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device

Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 242 992 346 26
Passcode: kr5hEy

Download Teams | Join on the web

Or call in (audio only)

+1 872-239-6004,,786678758#   United States, Chicago

Phone Conference ID: 786 678 758#


 Please join us for the next CAE Lecture Series on 29 March, 2024.

  • Dr. Yair Levy, Nova Southeastern University, Challenges in Quantifying Supply Chain, Cybersecurity and the Theory of Cybersecurity Footprint (2pm EST)
  • NSA Corporate Briefers Team, NSA’s Mission (3pm EST

Topics: Exploring Vulnerabilities and Consequences of Apple's Find My Protocol (2pm EST), Security Overview & Background Investigations (3pm EST

Time: 2-4pm EST 

Location: Microsoft Teams meeting  

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device 

Click here to join the meeting 

Meeting ID: 242 992 346 26 
Passcode: kr5hEy 

Download Teams | Join on the web 

Or call in (audio only) 

+1 872-239-6004,,786678758#   United States, Chicago 

Phone Conference ID: 786 678 758# 

Find a local number | Reset PIN 

Learn More | Meeting options 

 

  • VIVID COMPETITION APPLICATION 

      SPRING 2024 

The Virtual Internship and Varied Innovative Demonstrations (VIVID) Coalition comprised of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Augusta University, University of Arizona, and Florida International University has competition opportunities available for college students to compete in teams of five. Multiple teams from the same College or University are allowed. Please register all team members at the same time on this form.  All 5 team members must be students from the same CAE school. Selected teams will be notified by 31 January, which is the deadline to register. 

The first phase of the competition is a virtual event taking place from 11-14 March 2024. The top 15 teams will compete in the live event to continue the competition at the CAE Annual Colloquium in October 2024. Travel stipends will be provided to offset travel costs for those teams competing in the live event. Please direct questions to Dr. Nowatowski, mnowatkowski@augusta.edu , and Jon Sloan, jonsloan@augusta.edu 

  • NSA is hiring for two Instructor roles, Network Analysis (NETA) Instructors at the NSA Georgia and NSA Hawaii locations and a Foreign Malign Influence (FMI) Instructor at the NSA Fort Meade, MD location. 

      https://www.caecommunity.org/news/nsa-hiring-two-instructor-roles-network-analysis-neta-  instructors-nsa-georgia-and-nsa-hawaii 

      COMMENTS REQUESTED ON DRAFT UPDATES TO NICE FRAMEWORK TASK              STATEMENTS 

       https://www.caecommunity.org/news/comments-requested-draft-updates-nice-framework-task-statements 

       NEW MICRO-CHALLENGES ON THE CYBER CAREER PATHWAYS TOOL 

https://www.caecommunity.org/news/new-micro-challenges-cyber-career-pathways-tool 

  • 2023 DoD UC2 Workshop Hosted by CIC   December 6, 2023 9:00am - 4:00pm EST. The College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University *The event has both virtual and in-person options. 

     2023 DoD UC2 Workshop Hosted by CIC > College of Information and Cyberspace >     Article View (ndu.edu):

     https://cic.ndu.edu/Events/Cyber-Beacon/Article-View/Article/3546495/2023-dod-uc2-workshop-hosted-by-cic/

 Related Grants:  
  1. DoD Office of Naval Research, Trustworthy Cyber physical defense systems via Artificial Intelligence and Shared Autonomy,$9M, Sept 2022-Aug 2027. PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 
  2. NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Cyber Defender Program, $4M, 2022-2027. PI: Dr. Xiaohong Yuan
  3. NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAEC) NCAE-C Grants: NCAE-C-001-2021 Cybersecurity Education Innovation on Cyberinfrastructure, $2M for 2 years, Aug 2021-Dec 2023, Site PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 
  4. NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAEC)Cybersecurity Research Innovation Grant on Secure and Trustworthy AI for Cyber Physical Systems, $494K, Aug 2021-Dec 2024,PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 
  5. CISCO Funding, Year 1 and Year 2, Total Amount: $155k, PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 
    • Year 2: Building Secure AI Models and Analyzing Threats using Ensemble Techniques for  loT Devices
    • Year 1: Data science enabled and secure framework for connected IoT devices
  6. NSF Collaborative Research: Computational Framework and Data Science for Identification, Aug 2019- Sept 2024, $1.3M (NCAT Portion $1M), PI: Dr. Kaushik Roy 

Contact Information:

Center Director and NCAT POC: Dr. Kaushik Roy Email: kroy@ncat.edu

Center Associate Director and NCAT Alternate POC: Dr. Xiaohong Yuan Email: xhyuan@ncat.edu