Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) Postponed
Due to continuing and even increasing COVID-19 concerns, both in Ohio and across the nation, it has become necessary to postpone the 2021 Community College Cyber Summit (3CS). Sinclair Community College is graciously offering to host the Summit in 2022. Finalized 2022 3CS dates will be be released in the coming weeks. Registrants who have already paid will receive a full refund.

View the full announcement from Bob Spear, 3CS Chair HERE.
Federal Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Guide
This NSF-funded research project explored the viability of cybersecurity apprenticeships for federal agency pipeline support. During the 18-month effort - that ended in Dec. 2020 - a Working Group of 15 federal, academic, and practitioner experts developed a strong dialog and presence in the apprenticeship space. Aided by close ties to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Working Group on Apprenticeships, the project developed a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the apprenticeship model, and identified key ways to improve the adoption of apprenticeships.
View the full resource guide HERE.
Welcome National CyberWatch Center's Newest Members


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It's free for academic institutions. Benefits include access to exclusive publications, grant opportunities, curricular resources, and more.

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Call for Abstracts on Diversifying the Cybersecurity Workforce
Are you interested in serving the cybersecurity profession? Practitioners, scholars and educators... Do you have experiences, data, cases, or instructional designs that suggest how our nation can succeed in diversifying the cybersecurity workforce? Submit a paper proposal or draft abstract to the Cybersecurity Skills Journal: Diversifying the Cybersecurity Workforce. This publication will report systematic and rigorous investigations of the contributing causes, mediating or moderating influences, and solutions for diversifying the cybersecurity workforce.
Learn more and download prior issues HERE.
Hack the Box Competition
Are your students looking to put their skills to the test against a real-world system? Think they can guide their way through a cyber kill chain and exploitation? The National Cybersecurity Student Association's Hack the Box competition will have students take a crack at a public facing web application and help Company X pen test it! Some high-level security has been added for students to try and gain access! As a bonus, there will be opportunities for TCP/IP stack tests, telephone event attacks and SQL injection.
Learn more and find the authorized target space HERE.
SolarWinds and the Holiday Bear Campaign: A Case Study for the Classroom
Author's Note: Have you been looking for a detailed-but-accessible case study of the Russian cyberespionage campaign that targeted SolarWinds (among others)? The following piece is adapted from my newly-released eCasebook “Cybersecurity Law, Policy, and Institutions” (v.3.1), which is available free and in full (270+ pages) in pdf format here. My aim is for this excerpt to be useful especially for teachers and students who want an account that takes the technical aspects quite seriously but is written in a way that non-technical readers can digest.
View more about the publication HERE.
Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Cryptography
Quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography concerns are moving more into the mainstream of cryptographic discussions, particularly in areas concerned with national defense. The National Security Agency (NSA) released a FAQ document on Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Cryptography. The 8-page document offers an overview of quantum computing, its relationship to cryptography, the Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite, Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) and National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), and future algorithms and cryptography.
View the whole document HERE.
Wanted: Assistant Professor of Information Technology

National CyberWatch member, Middle Georgia State University (MGA), is seeking a candidate for the position of Assistant Professor (10-month tenure track) in the Information Technology Program.
For more information and to apply, please visit HERE.

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