NSA and DHS Designate MC’s Cybersecurity Program as Center of Excellence
Montgomery College has been designated as aNational Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense(CAE-CD), a program jointly sponsored by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. The goal of the CAE-CD program is to reduce vulnerability in the nation's information infrastructure by promoting higher education and research in cyber defense; and to produce a growing number of professionals with expertise in the discipline, contributing to the advancement of state-of-the-art cyber defense knowledge and practice.
网络安全与网络教授西尔维亚·瓦格斯说:“我们认识到我们所有人都面临着网络攻击的威胁，我们致力于培训专业人员，帮助应对这些威胁。”“这项荣誉不仅代表了主持学院师生的辛勤工作，也代表了我们的学生，他们一直是职场的模范代表。”
世界杯摩洛哥vs克罗地亚欧赔蒙哥马利学院提供应用科学学位的网络安全助理，并与一些在网络安全领域最好的学院签订了转让协议:国会科技大学、哈里斯堡科技大学、马里蒙特大学、马里兰大学全球校区和SANS技术研究所。学院还提供两个证书:高级网络安全证书和思科认证的网络助理+安全准备证书。
In addition to the prestige of attending a CAE-CDE institution, students attending designated schools are eligible to apply for scholarships and grants through the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program and the Federal Cyber Service Scholarship for Service Program.
Vargas adds, “We are delighted to be a part of the CAE-CD designation, as we thrive to raise cybersecurity disciples that protect our networks, starting from home to small businesses, corporations, and our state and federal government. Cybersecurity has a direct impact on our economy and as a result, we can impact the MC community by enhancing our program with better opportunities.”
The MC program emphasizes computer security and information assurance concepts augmented with current industry-standard techniques. Topics cover threats and vulnerabilities, prevention at the technical (hardware and software) and human levels, detection, response, and management aspects of security.
Montgomery College’s state-of-the-art cybersecurity lab on the Germantown Campus provides significant virtual computing and networking capabilities. The cyber lab is used for academic competitions and research activities, and it can host 100-plus virtual servers, 250-plus virtual desktops, isolated networks, and wireless and forensic technologies.