2015

• NSU Designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense

  05/25/2017 - The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated Norfolk State University as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through academic year 2020.

• Cybersecurity Focus Group Meeting

  11/19/2015 - Dr. George Hsieh at NSU was invited to attend and participate in the meeting held November 19, 2015 in Richmond, VA.

• Requirements Meeting for a Cyber Learning Environment

  11/03/2015 - Dr. George Hsieh at NSU was invited to attend and participate in the meeting held November 2-3, 2015 in Arlington, VA.

• STOP. THINK. CONNECT.

  10/22/2015 - Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign held at NSU. This campaign was designed to help promote cybersecurity awareness in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month initiatives.

• OASD Centers of Excellence Technical Exchange Meeting

  09/23/2015 - Held in Rome, NY. This was the first technical exchange meeting between the COE's and AFRL/Rome.

• Technical Meeting with NNWC

  09/16/2015 - Held at NNWC facility in Suffolk, VA.

• Campus Visits by Dr. Charles Kamhoua

  09/15/2015 - Dr. Charles Kamhoua visited TSU on September 4, ODU on September 14, and NSU on September 15, 2015.

• International Test Evaluation Associate Cyber Security Workshop in Cyber Training, and Intrusion Detection and Response

  08/19/2015 - Held in Arlington VA on March 15-17. Attended by Dr. Hsieh

• OASD(R&E) Centers of Excellence Kick-Off Meeting

  08/07/2015 - This was the kick-off meeting for all three COE's established by OASD(R&E) this year, including the COE in Cyber Security.

• Technical Meeting with CyAMS

  08/06/2015 - Held in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange technical information and explore research collaboration opportunities with Army CERDEC's CyAMS organization.

• Technical Meeting with TRMC - July

  07/31/2015 - Held via teleconference call. The purpose of the meeting was to initiate a collaboration effort between TRMC and the COE.

• Research Collaboration Meetings at SNL

  07/30/2015 - held July 20 - 30, 2015 in Albuquerque, NM. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange technical information and implement the initial set of research collaboration projects between SNL and the COE.

• Cybersecurity 2015 Summer Internship Program at NSU

  07/29/2015 - The COE and NSU successfully completed the first Cybersecurity Summer Internship Program with six interns: three supported by the COE project and three by the DoE-sponsored Consortium project.

• Research Collaboration Meeting with DeterLab

  07/23/2015 - Held via teleconference call. The purpose of the meeting was to explore research collaboration opportunities between DeterLab (supported by NSF/DHS/DARPA) and the COE. Participants included Ms. Terry Benzel (PI for DeterLab) and Dr. George Hsieh.

• Cybersecurity experience for high school students from Charleston SC.

  07/15/2015 - This event took place on July 14, 2015 and introduced high students from the Charleston SC School District to steganography.

• Initial Meeting for Virginia Cyber Range Initiative

  07/10/2015 - July 10, 2015 in Arlington, VA. The purpose of the meeting was to launch a new cybersecurity initiative for developing a cyber range for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

• Cybersecurity Summer Academy

  07/06/2015 - Cybersecurity Summer Academy. During the period of June 29 – July 3, 2015 the Cybersecurity Summer Academy was held for 20 local high school students.

• NSU Awarded DoD/AFRL $4.9M Award for Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research

  04/15/2015 - Norfolk State University (NSU) has been awarded a Cooperative Agreement by the Department of Defense to establish a Center of Excellence in Cyber Security at NSU in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory.