海角社区

Today, 海角社区 received its official designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence at the National Security Agency鈥檚 annual cybersecurity education colloquium near Chicago, Illinois. Among the 33 schools newly designated or redesignated this year, 海角社区 is the only university to become a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, or CAE-CO, the most selective and highly technical of the NSA designations. 

First announced one year ago, 海角社区鈥檚 NSA designation has since enabled and supported: 

 

• record enrollment in computer science and cybersecurity at 海角社区
• the nation鈥檚 first NSA-funded cybersecurity clinic to protect small businesses, working in collaboration with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at 海角社区 for small businesses statewide
• the development of a student-staffed Security Operations Center, or SOC, in partnership with TekStream and Splunk, to protect 海角社区 networks and other Louisiana higher education institutions from cyberattacks
• a partnership with the U.S. Secret Service for research and talent development
• a partnership with Louisiana鈥檚 largest ports to explore talent and technology development to secure critical infrastructure and supply chains
• strategic hires in computer science, software engineering and cybersecurity to grow 海角社区鈥檚 program

LSU Director of Economic Development Greg Trahan, special advisor to 海角社区 President William F. Tate IV on cyber initiatives, was onsite to receive the award together with Professor Golden Richard, 海角社区 faculty lead for cybersecurity and interim director of the 海角社区 Cyber Center with joint appointments in the 海角社区 College of Engineering and 海角社区 Center for Computation & Technology, and Andrew Case, 海角社区 industry liaison for cyber and adjunct computer science faculty.