Vol. 5 No. 1
Vol.5, No. 1
April 2012
The Center for Cyberspace Research (CCR), established in March 2002, conducts
defense-focused research at the Master’
s and PhD levels. The CCR is forward-looking and
responsive to the changing educational and research needs of the Air Force, the Department
of Defense, and the federal government. The CCR faculty teaches and performs research
to understand and develop advanced cyber-related theories and technologies. These theory
and technology advancements include efforts in network intrusion detection and avoidance,
insider threat mitigation, cyberspace situational awareness, network visualization, software
protection, and anti-tamper technologies development. On June 19, 2008 AFIT was
designated by the SECAF and CSAF as the Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center of
Excellence.
CENTER FOR CYBERSPACE RESEARCH
Director: Dr. Richard Raines
Associate Director: Dr. Harold Arata
Research Director: Dr. Rusty Baldwin
Marketing Specialist: Carrie Solberg
Questions, concerns, feedback: email carrie.solberg.ctr@at.edu
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CCR News is published by the Center for Cyberspace Research,
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All material contained herein reects the opinions of the authors and
editors and does not necessarily reect U.S. Air Force or AFIT policy.
AFIT’s Center for Cyberspace Research
(CCR) Cyber 200 and Cyber 300
Professional Continuing Education
(PCE) team received the ISC² 2011
U.S. Government Information Security
Leadership Award (GISLA) and Air
University’s 2011 General Muir S.
Fairchild Educational Achievement
Award.
The GISLA team award was presented at
the ISC² Inc. awards gala on October 18,
2011 in Washington, DC for demonstrated
leadership in advancing and improving
the information security workforce.
The Cyber 200 and Cyber 300 PCE
Team, led by Dr. Harold Arata III, CCR
Associate Director, was recognized
for delivering cybersecurity senior and
master professional rating courses for the
Air Force Space Command that enable
a new cyber career force. They met the
Herculean task of planning, establishing,
and implementing these rst-ever Air Force
intermediate and advanced cyber security
courses at a historic pace and graduated
over 600 cyber operations professionals in
the rst scal year.
General Kehler, current USSTRATCOM
Commander said it best as he addressed the
graduates and all attendees at the inaugural
Cyber 200 and Cyber 300 graduation at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2010.
April 2012
CCR Wins Awards for Cybersecurity Courses
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Accepting the GISLA Award on behalf of the Cyber 200/300 Team are listed from left to right: CMSgt
Brian Hale, CMSgt Michael Woele, Captain Jack Skoda, Ms. Jane White, Ms. Jaime Jones, Dr. Harold
Arata, Major George Galloway, and CMSgt Michael Wabiszewski.
The stand-up of these courses was, in his
words, a historic “I was there moment” for
the United States Air Force.
The hosts for the GISLA awards gala,
ISC² Inc., is a global, not-for-prot leader
in educating and certifying information
security professionals throughout their
careers with a membership network
of nearly 75,000 certied industry
professionals worldwide. ISC² Inc.
launched the GISLA program in 2004 to
raise awareness of IT security executives
who have made signicant contributions to
the improvement of the federal information
security workforce.
This hallmark of quality continues with
the PCE team also recently winning
Air University’s 2011 General Muir
S. Fairchild Educational Achievement
Award. The Fairchild Award is given each
year for the most signicant contribution
to Air University education or to Air Force
education in general. The Fairchild Award
was established in 1964 by the Order of
Daedalians and was established to reward
creative and outstanding achievement in
military education.
“I could not be prouder or more impressed
with the hard work, dedication to duty, and
the professionalism that our Cyber 200/300
instructor cadre delivers day in and day
out. CCR is truly keeping America strong,
safe and free as it develops our Nations
next generation of Cyber Operators,” Dr.
Harold J. Arata III, Associate Director,
Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center of
Excellence.
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