Institute for Cybersecurity
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Mission
The Institute for Cyber Security is an interdisciplinary institute that promotes and encourages cybersecurity awareness and practice, both on campus and off, through teaching, research, and service activities to enhance people’s knowledge and skills of this important field.
Cybersecurity is broadly defined to include information security, cyber forensics, data quality, data completeness, data accuracy, privacy, and other issues related to storing, transmitting, and sharing data and other information. The Institute involves faculty and students from the entire University in the dissemination of knowledge, research, and service projects in the general area of cybersecurity.
The Institute will affiliate itself with faculty and students at other institutions, such as community and other four-year colleges, to share resources and information in this field and promote the concept and practice of ensuring the security and integrity of information.
The Institute for Cyber Security annually secures hundreds of thousands of dollars of federally funded grants to support all of its activities. Moreover, ICS strives to establish leadership in cybersecurity by contributing to various national initiatives intended to improve the nation’s security posture through:
- Producing qualified graduates in cybersecurity.
- Securing and executing major federally funded projects.
- Conducting state-of-the-art research in various security topics to contribute to the body of knowledge in this important area.
- Offering cybersecurity camps to K-12 students and teachers to foster interest in the field at various school districts throughout Virginia and beyond.
- Collaborating with companies in Virginia and Washington DC, and surrounding areas engaged in security research.
- Providing internship opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience in cybersecurity as they work with faculty research or community projects.
- Increasing awareness of security and encouraging local companies to participate in security by arranging distinguished visitor seminars and sponsoring colloquia, conferences, and workshops in the area of cybersecurity.
UMW Finishes Fourth in National Cybersecurity Challenge