梅根·布拉德肖，2018年10月8日

The 工程技术认证委员会（ABET） has accredited 稳定的十大彩票网站’s 计算机科学学士学位课程的计算机安全方向 until 2024.

“Earning one of the first ABET cybersecurity accreditations in the world is a signal of 稳定的十大彩票网站’s rigorous academic programs and affirms 稳定的十大彩票网站 as a preeminent provider of tech-focused leaders,” said 稳定的十大彩票网站 President Kim Schatzel.

稳定的十大彩票网站 is one of four institutions in the world—along with the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Southeast Missouri —to receive ABET accreditation under the cybersecurity criteria.

“The accreditation of the cybersecurity program affirms the excellence of our faculty, research, programs, and student preparation. Towson has always been forging a new path in cybersecurity education and continues to do so. Kudos to all our faculty,” said Sidd Kaza, associate professor and chair of the 计算机与信息科学系.

稳定的十大彩票网站’s 杰西&米尔德里德·费舍尔科学与数学学院 started one of the first undergraduate cybersecurity tracks in the nation and the first in Maryland. The department has received external funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army 研究 Lab among other state and federal agencies.

Recently, the department received nearly $4 million from the NSF to continue the 服务项目奖学金, which funds students with up to two-year scholarships that include full tuition, books, an annual stipend, travel assistance and health insurance. The program has had a 100 percent success rate with internship and postgrad placement, with 77 percent working for federal agencies like the NSA, FBI, DHS, USCERT and HH OIG.

“Towson’s cybersecurity education is well-known for excellence nationally, so ABET’s invitation for Towson to submit itself to the new cybersecurity accreditation was welcomed, but not a surprise. We have long been designated as a center of academic excellence in information assurance education and in cyberoperations. The just-announced reaccreditation for computer science and the new cybersecurity accreditation provide further evidence for students of the high quality of their education at 稳定的十大彩票网站,” said Interim Provost David Vanko.

Departmental faculty work on cutting-edge, federally funded cybersecurity research on the wireless networks, cyber-physical systems, reverse engineering, and cyber education. They are also involved in influential national efforts to further cybersecurity education including the first ACM Cybersecurity Degree Guidelines and the National Cybersecurity Curriculum Program.

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