蜜桃APP

Today, 蜜桃APP 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, 蜜桃APP 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, 蜜桃APP鈥檚 NSA designation has since enabled and supported: 

 

• record enrollment in computer science and cybersecurity at 蜜桃APP
• the nation鈥檚 first NSA-funded cybersecurity clinic to protect small businesses, working in collaboration with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at 蜜桃APP for small businesses statewide
• the development of a student-staffed Security Operations Center, or SOC, in partnership with TekStream and Splunk, to protect 蜜桃APP 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 蜜桃APP鈥檚 program

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