Cyber Innovation and Research Consortium

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1 Cyber Innovation and Research Consortium

2 Mission Conduct, coordinate and promote cyber and cyber security innovation, research, and policy 2

3 Focus Basic and Applied Research Education and Curriculum Outreach 3

4 Founding Members University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) ** Institute for Cyber Security» Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) * Center for Information Assurance Management and Leadership St Mary s University School of Law Center for Terrorism Law * Designated National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education ; ** Dual-certified in Education (CAEIAE) above and Research (CAE-R) 4 4

5 Functional Capabilities Research Research Awareness & Exercises UTSA Legal Management and Leadership 5

6 Research Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) Mission: World-leading research with real-world impact Founded in June 2007 Synergistic basic and applied research tracks Staff: Dr. Ravi Sandhu, Executive Director ICS staff and multiple faculty in Colleges of Science, Eng., and Business Funding: $3.5M from Texas Emerging Technology Fund $1M from STARS fund of UT System $1M Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair for Dr. Sandhu $2M in competitive research grants from NSF, DoD Laboratories: FlexCloud dedicated to cyber security research in the cloud FlexFarm dedicated to malware research including botnets 7

7 Awareness/ Exercises ICS Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security Mission: Provide research & development and cyber security awareness programs supporting UTSA s National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education Founded in June Now part of ICS. ICS-CIAS Creates and Conducts: Community Infrastructure Assurance Exercises and Training Cyber Security Training and Education The Cyber Defense Competition» National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition» Cyber Patriot High School Cyber Defense Competition Staff: Dr. Greg White, Director 28 Full Time, 2 Part Time Employees Funding: $3.5M+ in grants for FY 2010 (9 th Consecutive Year totaling ~ $28M) 8

8 Legal Center for Terrorism Law Mission: Examine current and potential legal issues related to terrorism, achieving and maintaining a proper balance between global security and civil justice Founded in April 2003 Projects: Professional Exchanges -- symposia, consultations and training; writing, teaching, commenting on and publishing written materials; and ensuring access to extensive information resources regarding terrorism Staff : Dr. Jeff Addicott, Director One Full Time staff, 8 consultants and 10 research assistants/fellows Resources: New $700,000 facility includes classroom, offices and conference area Funding: Grants and Private Donations 9

9 Management and Leadership Center for Information Assurance Management and Leadership Mission: Provide access to high quality information assurance and security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines for industry, the government, and higher education Founded in October 2004 Awarded Center for Academic Excellence (June 2007) Next Generation 911 Security Policy Development for Bexar Metro Network District (May 2010) Joint Work with UTSA Staff : Mr. Kevin Barton, Executive Director 5 Full Time Professors and 4+ Adjunct Funding: $100K+ in grants $184K for Director, Center for Academic Excellence (University Start Up) 10

10 New Consortium Members Texas A&M San Antonio Developing Center for Information Technology Developing B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science Pursuing NSA/DHS designation Trinity University IT Security commitment from President & Advisory Committee Security across the curriculum in Software Engineering Alamo Colleges (5 Campuses) 30+ IT degrees, 10 focus on Security IT students; 250 graduates/year St. Phillip s College pursuing NSA/DHS designation University of the Incarnate Word (pending confirmation) New Network Security Concentration 11

11 Educational Capacity San Antonio Area Universities - Cyber Related Studies University of Texas at San Antonio BS MS PhD Texas State University BS MS PhD (developing) St Mary s University BS MS Our Lady of the Lake University BS MS Wayland Baptist University BS MS Trinity University BS University of the Incarnate Word BS Texas A&M - San Antonio BBA/BAAS B.S. & MS (developing) Alamo Colleges San Antonio College AA Palo Alto College AA St Phillip s College AA Northwest Vista College AA Northeast Lakeview College AA Information Technology and Security Academy Holmes High School Certification Program (ported to Southwest H.S.) 12

12 Accomplishments Expanded from 3 to 9 members Mentors for Cyber Patriot Teams Addressing IT & IT Security curriculum needs in middle/high school and college Texas A&M-San Antonio and St. Phillip s Cleared first hurdle for NSA/DHS Designation 13

13 Future Examining Grant opportunities CyberCareerPathWays Middle School High School 2-year 4-year Graduate School Team with Customers and Partners Academic Lead for IT Committee, Greater Chamber of Commerce 24AF (Research, curriculum, internships, community partners) Industry Outreach NSA/DHS CAE-IAE Designation Texas A&M-San Antonio St. Phillip s College 14

14 Cyber Innovation and Research Consortium 15

15 Cyber Innovation and Research Consortium Backup Slides 16

16 College Northwest Vista College Advanced Cisco Networking Cisco Networking Associate Cisco Networking Professional Computer Forensics Computer Help Desk Desktop Support Web designer IT Programs Information Security Microsoft Certified Info. Tech. Professional MCITP Multimedia Software Development Systems Administration Palo Alto College Administrative Computer Technology Computer Support Specialist Information Technology Security Network Administration (Cisco Network Associate) San Antonio College Computer Programming Computer Network Administration Computer Security St. Philip's College Administrative Computer Technology Web Developer Computer Maintenance Computer Maintenance with Network Specialization Information Technology & Security Certificate Database Specialist Desktop Support Specialist Network Administrator Network Security Administrator Computer Science Northeast Lakeview College N/A Data collected from college websites 21

17 Digital Forensics Capacity UTSA Dr. Nicole L. Beebe Digital Forensics Expertise Digital/Network Forensics (Information Systems Dept.) 2 ½ classes in Undergraduate 3 ½ classes in Graduate CIAS Introduction to Digital Forensics 5 Day, hands on course Northwest Vista Computer Forensics Applied Arts & Science Degree 63 hrs Computer Forensics Certificate - 36 hrs Academic Marketable Skills Award Program 12 hrs Continuing Ed. Marketable Skills Award Program 12 hrs Texas State University San Marcos M.S. in Computer Science w/ Minor in Forensic Systems Undergraduate classes 20

18 Research UTSA Information Security Research Areas of Interest Digital forensics Smart Grid Cyber Security Flex Cloud & Flex Farm Security Data mining Cryptography Secure software development CyberRange Behavioral issues Biometrics Cyber physical systems Cultural issues Attack/defend simulation exercises Modeling Cyber Attacks Group-centric info sharing systems Defending Malware/Botnet Intrusion detection Enforcement - Privacy Policies Cyber Defense Competitions Elliptical encryption Visual Encryption Steganography Signature recognition system 21