Vol. 6 No. 2
Vol.6, No. 2
September 2013
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
Interim Director: Dr. Harold Arata III
Research Director: Dr. Rusty Baldwin
Marketing Specialist: Carrie Solberg
Questions, concerns, feedback: email carrie.solberg.ctr@at.edu
Visit our web site: www.at.edu/ccr
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All material contained herein reects the opinions of the authors and
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The National Security Agency (NSA)
and the United States Cyber Command
(USCYBERCOM) designated the Air Force
Institute of Technology as a National Center
of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber
Operations for the period 2013-2018.
The goal of the CAE program is to strengthen
national security by promoting higher
education and research in Cyber Operations
with a particular emphasis on technologies
and techniques related to specialized cyber
operations (e.g., collection, exploitation, and
response) and producing a growing number of
professionals with cyber operations expertise
in various disciplines. The program identies
institutions offering a cyber curriculum that
has deep technical foundations in computer
science, computer engineering and/or electrical
engineering, and interdisciplinary research
with extensive opportunities for hands-on
applications through cyber labs and exercises.
After a rigorous application and screening process,
AFIT’s Master’s of Science degrees in Cyber
Operations and Cyber Warfare were recognized
as graduate level curriculum satisfying NSA’s
September 2013
AFIT’s CCR designated as NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations
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promotes an environment for collaborative
research that solves real-world cyber security
issues facing our nation and national defense.
To support the Air Force and DOD mission
to grow its cyber security workforce, the
Center has developed four cyber Professional
Continuing Education courses that augment
the graduate degree programs. These courses
are the senior and master cyber professional
rating courses Cyber 200 and Cyber 300
courses, the Advanced Cyber Education
(ACE) cyber security boot camp program, and
the TALON program for Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics education. All
programs are a unique blend of current cyber
policy, doctrine, and law with applications
of emerging technologies by hands-on
experimentation.
The CCR staff and afliated faculty teach and
perform research focusing on understanding
and developing advanced cyber-related
theories and technologies. In 2008, AFIT and
the CCR were designated by the Secretary of
the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff
as the Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center
of Excellence.
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rigorous academic requirements and program
criteria. These degree programs are offered
by AFIT’s Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering along with signicant
support from AFIT’s Center for Cyberspace
Research (CCR).
The CAE-Cyber Operations Program
supports the President’s National Initiative for
Cybersecurity Education (NICE): Building
a Digital Nation and complements AFIT’s
2009 designation in NSA’s existing CAEs
in Information Assurance Education and
Research Programs.
The Center for Cyberspace Research
(CCR), established in March 2002, conducts
defense-focused research at the Master’s
and PhD levels. Defense focused research is
a key mission component of the CCR. CCR
afliated faculty possess extensive operational
experience in military communications and
security. In addition, the faculty members
have close working relationships with
Department of Defense, Department of
Homeland Security, NSA, and other Air Force
organizations. This synergistic approach
Mr. Bob Jones presents a certicate to commemorate AFIT’s CCR designation as NSA
Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations. Pictured from left to right:
Dr. Paul Wolf, Dr. Rusty Baldwin, Dr. Harold Arata, Mr. Bob Jones, Dr. Nathaniel Davis,
Maj Thomas Dube, and Col Timothy Lawrance.
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