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National Science
Foundation Advanced Technical Education (ATE) Centers -
CyberWatch
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CyberWatch is an NSF ATE Center consortium of
higher education institutions, businesses, and
government agencies, primarily in the greater
Washington, DC area, focused on building and
maintaining a stronger information assurance workforce
and improving quality and awareness of information
assurance issues in education and business
communities.
Consortium member
staff,
colleges,
advisory board,
supporters and
NVC collaborate to share best practices,
methodologies, curricula, course modules and
materials. CyberWatch provides faculty training and
support to colleges who want to develop or upgrade
information assurance curriculum. It develops career
pathways, including articulation agreements from high
schools to colleges, from community colleges to
baccalaureate institutions, and on into graduate
school. It sponsors student competitions in cyber
defense, digital forensics, and security awareness;
and it organizes scholarships, internships, and job
fairs. CyberWatch maintains an extensive K-12 program
for teachers, counselors, and students. Finally,
CyberWatch engages in significant outreach and
dissemination initiatives to the public. MPICT region
community colleges are welcome to engage with
CyberWatch to improve their security and information
assurance offerings!
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CyberWatch’s K-12 program includes a variety
of outreach, program, professional development and
counselor advisor
activities. |
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CyberWatch provides extensive
curriculum resources, including model degree
and certificate programs in information assurance,
lab resources for CyberWatch members, model
courses (catalog descriptions, detailed course
outlines, and lab modules), national standards
courseware mapping, and articulation agreements
for registered users. Registration is free and
painless! If you have not yet done so, please
register yourself as a user of the CyberWatch
website! |
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CyberWatch provides a rich variety of
faculty professional development resources and
events. |
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CyberWatch develops great
student orientated activities and events,
including
student competitions, and a variety of
internship, career and job fair opportunities. |
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There are many
ways to engage with CyberWatch, and many of
those are available to college and faculty in the
MPICT region. Become a
member,
partner or
Advisory Board member! For more information
on CyberWatch, see
announcements,
news articles,
news feeds,
events,
newsletters, call (301) 322-0452 or
contact a member of our team. |
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